I am not sure how this works exactly, but Eva Guzman will be sworn into her seat on the Texas Supreme Court today. She was appointed on October 8th to replace Scott Brister who resigned his seat. She is the first Latina to serve on the state high court. Why it takes 3 months to swear someone in is beyond me. Welcome to Texas.
Interestingly, her previous job was an appointment as well. She was appointed by Governor 39% Perry to serve in 2001 on the Texas 14th District Court of Appeals in Houston. She was then reelected to keep that position, but it must be nice to have an incumbency handed to you-- now two times in the past decade. In the previous decade, she was appointed by then Governor George W. Bush to the 309th District Court of Harris County.
But this brings up another issue in Texas politics. We elect our judges. And our judges are partisan- meaning they run under a party banner. Loyalty to the party brand does not seem right when we expect our judiciary to be fair and impartial. I am not saying Justice Guzman is not impartial, or she is a crazy right winger, but it does give that impression sometimes when you have someone as crazy as Perry and Bush handing you a job, not once but three times. The system needs to be addressed.
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They already did swear her in--3 months ago! The Governor and the Head Justice flew on the taxpayer's dime to Houston so she could be sworn in at her old elementary school. Now they are having ANOTHER swearing in for Eva Guzman--at taxpayer expense. That's a poor use of public funds if you ask me. Of course, no one did.
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