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This is a list of the judges of the Texas Supreme Court. ... Justices, Place 4. Graham B. Smedley (September 21, 1945 to June 16, 1954)
The Texas legal system is based on common law, which is interpreted by case law through the decisions of the Supreme Court, the Court of Criminal Appeals, and the Courts of Appeals, which are published in the Texas Cases and South Western Reporter. Counties and municipal governments may also promulgate local ordinances.
By statute, the Texas Supreme Court has administrative control over the State Bar of Texas, an agency of the judiciary. [3] The Texas Supreme Court has the sole authority to license attorneys in Texas. [4] It also appoints the members of the Board of Law Examiners [5] which, under instructions of the Supreme Court, administers the Texas bar ...
The Supreme Court has green-lighted a controversial immigration law in Texas, allowing local law enforcement officials to arrest people crossing the US-Mexico border illegally.. Just one day after ...
The law, known as Texas Senate Bill (or SB) 4, was passed in 2023 and signed into law by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. It allows police in the Lone Star State to arrest people suspected of illegally ...
(Please list previous offices sought, with years): I was elected to the 5th District Court of Appeals, in November of 2020 and have served as Justice, Place 3 since January 1, 2021, I was elected ...
The rule of four is not required by the US Constitution, any law, or even the Court's own published rules. Rather, it is a custom that has been observed since the Court was given discretion on hearing appeals by the Judiciary Act of 1891, Judiciary Act of 1925, and the Supreme Court Case Selections Act of 1988. [1]
El Paso law enforcement is stuck in the middle of the ongoing legal argument over SB 4, the controversial Texas state law authorizing local police to arrest and deport suspected undocumented ...