Talk:Judiciary of Texas
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Why would a County attorney be in JP court?
editWhy would a County attorney represent the deputy sheriff in JP court? The county court sould be the court it is appealed to.
Is this a waste of tax payers money to have a county attorney in JP court in the first place? Why would he be there? Never seen this before. Would welcome any comments. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.45.83.137 (talk) 03:11, 16 October 2008 (UTC)
History and perception
editExtremely poorly written article, by someone with an agenda see example below, worst ive seen on wikipedia, this article needs some help!
...The poor quality of Texas justice has been blamed on the state's shortage of proper law schools and law libraries, as well as the traditional preference of Texans for "'self-help' justice as practiced in the courts of 'Judge Winchester' or 'Judge Lynch.'"[3] More recently, it has been pointed out that in Texas, victims of intrafamilial violence are sometimes required to cover the legal expenses of their family members who are being prosecuted for beating them up.[4]
The Section "Judges" under "Officers" is incorrect
editThe first paragraph in the "Judges" section includes the sentence, "Judges may be removed by voters in retention elections, by trial by jury, or by legislative address or impeachment if state judges.[22]" First, there are NO retention elections in Texas. Go read the state constitution. It is nowhere in there. Second, the term "legislative address" is unexplained and appears to this reader to be meaningless. In Texas there is a "State Commission on Judicial Conduct" (SCJC) created by a constitutional amendment in 1965. It deals with complaints about judicial behavior and can issue discipline rulings in the case of any . Ultimately, it can recommend removal of a judge to a special seven-judge panel whose decision can be appealed to the Supreme Court. See http://www.scjc.texas.gov/faqs/[1] There are only four ways to remove a judge in Texas, by a trial before the Supreme Court for district court judges only, by the voters in a regular election (if the judge is elected--some are not), by the seven judge panel upon recommendation of the SCJC for any judge (see http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/Docs/CN/htm/CN.5.htm#123127.112202)[2] and by impeachment by the legislature for certain higher-level judges. I have not read the textbook source cited in footnote 22 but I suspect that it contains erroneous information even though it is supposedly tailored to Texas. In recent years I have found textbooks and other educational materials to be increasingly inaccurate and unreliable. Please clean this entry up. It does a disservice to your readers by containing false information, i.e., there are no retention elections in Texas. Bill Eastland (talk) 16:47, 1 September 2017 (UTC)