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Resigned to become White House counsel to President George W. Bush.) Wallace B. Jefferson (April 18, 2001 to September 20, 2004. Appointed chief justice in September 2004.) David M. Medina (November 10, 2004 to December 31, 2012) John P. Devine (January 2013 to present. Term ends December 31, 2024.)
Among the current members of the court, Clarence Thomas's tenure of 12,128 days (33 years, 74 days) [B] is the longest, while Ketanji Brown Jackson's 920 days (2 years, 189 days) [B] is the shortest. The table below ranks all United States Supreme Court justices by time in office.
The Chief Justice of Texas presides at the Texas Supreme Court, which is the top appellate court for civil matters in the Texas court system. The chief justice (and all the justices) are elected statewide in partisan elections. The term of the chief justice is six years. The position was created in the Texas Constitution of 1876.
The Supreme Court's decision late Thursday came after days of legal wrangling and a furious effort by a bipartisan group of Texas lawmakers to stop Roberson's execution for the death of his 2-year ...
Sources say Roberson’s team has filed a writ with the Texas Supreme Court– this now looks to be their last hope of staying the execution. As of 8:30 p.m., more than two hours after he was ...
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 ...
Based in the Democratic stronghold of El Paso, the court hears cases from 17 counties in far west Texas. In the 3rd Court of Appeals, four Democrat justices were elected. In one race, one ...
The first session in which the Texas Supreme Court met was the January 1840 session, in Austin. [43] The Court consisted of Chief Justice Rusk, and District Judges Shelby, W.J. Jones, Mills, and Hemphill. The clerk was W. Fairfax Gray. [44] The court disposed of 49 cases on its docket, but issued only 18 opinions. [45]