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Dustlawyer

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9. Welcome to the future! This is what happens when you allow organizations like the
Fri Dec 20, 2013, 10:52 AM
Dec 2013

U.S. Chamber of Commerce help to stack the Courts by dumping a lot of money in Judicial elections. These Justices are elected in races where the one with the most money wins. No one knows any of the Judges running so the names you hear over and over stick with you in the voting booth. The Chamber started focusing on state and local elections and judicial elections about 35 years ago. Add to that all of the W appointed judges and you see that things are going to be much harder to overturn. The Texas Supreme Court and the Court of Criminal Appeals are the top Courts in Texas and a prime example of what I am talking about.
Texas Watch, a non profit that monitors the courts has found that the Texas Supreme Court sides with business 87% of the time!

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