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This is a list of the judges of the Texas Supreme Court. ... Resigned to become White House counsel to President George W. Bush.) Wallace B. Jefferson (April 18, 2001 ...
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.
Chief justices of the Republic of Texas Supreme Court (4 P) Pages in category "Chief justices of the Supreme Court of Texas" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
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]
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 ...
What are the biggest challenges facing a Texas Supreme Court justice?: ... President Donald Trump filed 67 lawsuits claiming that the 2020 Presidential election was stolen. If Trump had not filed ...
Supreme Court allows small business registration rule to take effect, aimed at money laundering Updated January 23, 2025 at 1:23 PM FILE - The Supreme Court at sunset in Washington, Feb. 13, 2016.
He quickly made a name for himself in Texas law as judge of the Third Judicial District of the Congress of the Republic of Texas, and was appointed to the Supreme Court of the Republic of Texas as an associate justice in 1841, a position he would hold until the annexation of Texas in 1845. [13]