Jefferson…merit[s] support
Chief Justice Wallace Jefferson has done a solid job leading the court and should be re-eelcted.
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Editorial: Wallace Jefferson…rate your vote on the Texas Supreme Court
Even as we still find voters amongst us who have absolutely no idea what the Texas Supreme Court does, the high court continues to handle important business in the matter of civil and juvenile cases on appeal. In recognition of its work and steady progress in recent years, we heartily recommend the re-election of highly respected Chief Justice Wallace Jefferson, Republican, as the one to lead the court further into the 21st century. That includes, we hope, continuing efforts to reform how we all view the judiciary in this state, such as steering our two highest courts — the other being the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals — away from partisan politics.
Editorial: Order in the court
Three incumbents on the Texas Supreme Court are seeking election or re-election to the state’s highest civil appellate court. They all have earned voters’ endorsement.
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Wallace Jefferson is becoming a judicial star, perhaps even a superstar.
Editorial Board Recommendations
The Caller-Times Editorial Board recommends Chief Justice Wallace Jefferson.
The Chronicle recommends voters return Wallace Jefferson to his place on the Texas Supreme Court
The Texas Supreme Court is the state’s highest court for civil appeals. In the race for the chief justice position on this important court, the Houston Chronicle recommends Wallace Jefferson.
Recommendations: Texas Supreme Court
Chief Justice Wallace Jefferson, a Republican, has led the court since 2005. He’s helped increase the court’s transparency by putting more records online and getting arguments posted on the St. Mary’s University law school Web site.
We recommend Jefferson… for Texas Supreme Court
There may not be a more respected jurist in Texas than Wallace Jefferson, the incumbent in this race. A member of the court since 2001 and chief justice since 2004, Justice Jefferson has made the court more transparent by posting oral arguments, filings and opinions online. Justice Jefferson, 45, a Republican, points to his record writing opinions both for and against defendants of lawsuits, and he speaks openly about the need to address head-on the notion that the court, as a whole, is biased against plaintiffs.
High court judges ask GOP to turn out vote
It used to be that a state judicial seat was safe from election to election—once a judge, always a judge.
GOP gathering ends with applause and plans
Eleanor Smith, of Midland County, wears her GOP-themed glasses at the Texas Republican Party Convention at the George R. Brown Convention Center on Saturday.
UT Law alumnus, justice to speak tonight
Wallace Jefferson, the first black person appointed to the Texas Supreme Court, said his great-great-great-grandfather, a slave for a Texas judge, would never have predicted his descendent’s success.
Tough Times: A Candid Conversation With the Chief About the Texas Supreme Court
It used to be that the growing backlog was the biggest worry for the justices on the Texas Supreme Court. Oh, to be back in the good old days.
WJ: It’s time that the state investigates cases that resulted in DNA-evidence exoneration
After serving nearly 27 years in prison for a crime he did not commit, Charles Allen Chatman recently became the 30th Texan since 2001 whose conviction was overturned after DNA analysis.
Jefferson, Walton and Sager: Think like a Pakistani lawyer
We write in solidarity with the lawyers of Pakistan, who have taken to the streets in peaceful protest over the shredding of the rule of law in their country. At first, it was startling to see these colleagues of ours — dressed in black and halfway across the globe — on the streets as besieged protestors rather than in the courtrooms, offices and classrooms that are their and our more natural habitats.
