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A judge ordered Harris County to hold a new election for the 180th District Court judge after Republican candidate Tami Pierce, who narrowly lost to Democratic Judge DaSean Jones, filed a lawsuit ...
As of January 2019, 472 district courts serve the state, each with a single judge, elected by partisan election to a four-year term. [ 1 ] District courts have original jurisdiction in all felony criminal cases, divorce cases, land title disputes, election contests, civil matters in which at least $200 is disputed or claimed in damages, as well ...
Justice Leondra Kruger of the California Supreme Court clerked for Justice John Paul Stevens from 2003 until 2004. Law clerks have assisted the justices of the United States Supreme Court in various capacities since the first one was hired by Justice Horace Gray in 1882. Each Associate Justice is permitted to employ four law clerks per Court term; the Chief Justice may employ five. Most ...
In 2006, several dozen Republican incumbents were swept off their benches by Democrats in Dallas County, and in 2008, many incumbents lost in Harris County. [30] District court judges are required to be licensed attorneys. In addition to judicial powers, district judges also have administrative duties as well.
Political experts say court order for new election could spur more challenges to narrow wins.
A Texas judge has ruled in favor of a Republican candidate challenging the results in a 2022 judicial race and ordered that a new election be held in the nation’s third-most populous county, a ...
Douglas v. U.S. Dist. Court ex rel Talk America, 495 F.3d 1062 (2007), [1] is a U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals case that examines whether a service provider may change the terms of its service contract by merely posting a revised contract on its website, without informing the other party of the changes.
[23] [24] In April 2022, three of Hidalgo's staffers were indicted by the Harris County District Attorney. [25] On November 9, 2023, the Texas Rangers issued three more search warrants in the ongoing investigation and the Rangers opened a new public corruption investigation into Hidalgo’s office to locate records they believe were not ...