Court says Ken Paxtonโs case against Austin and Travis County for issuing New Years curfew is moot, dismisses case
An Austin court on Thursday dismissed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxtonโs appeal challenging Travis County and Austinโs New Years holiday curfew, months after it ended โ in a perhaps symbolic win for local officials.
Pointing to pandemic and election controversies, Democrats make their case for Texas Supreme Court
Itโs notoriously difficult for judicial candidates, even those running for the stateโs high courts, to capture votersโ attention. Voters have the chance to choose four justices on the nine-member Texas Supreme Court, the stateโs highest court for civil matters, and three judges on its sister body, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. This year, though, the Texas Supreme Court has found itself in the spotlight far more than usual with major coronavirus-related decisions and an unusually long list of election-related cases. โOnce again, the all-Republican Texas Supreme Court steps into this election against the interests of voters and a functioning democracy,โ Texas Democratic Party Chair Gilberto Hinojosa said after the Harris County decision. The nationโs high court again overturned the Texas courtโs decision, and Moore has since been resentenced to life in prison and released on parole.
Texas March Primary Election Results District, State Judges
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Optimistic Democrats are lining up to run for Texasโ high courts in 2020
For Brandon Birmingham, a state district judge in Dallas, the 2020 race for Texas Court of Criminal Appeals started on election night 2018. Within weeks, heโd reached out to the state Democratic Party. This year, with a controversial Republican president on the ballot and sky-high stakes for Texas Democrats, candidates are hoping the races look more like heroesโ journeys. Democrats have not run a contested primary for the stateโs high courts since 2008. As recently as last year, Democrats failed to even field a candidate in one race for the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.