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David Michael Medina (born July 23, 1958) [1] is a former Justice of the nine-member Texas Supreme Court. He served in the Place 4 position. He was appointed by Governor Rick Perry in 2004 and subsequently elected to a full-term in 2006. Medina was defeated in the Republican runoff election in 2012 by John P. Devine. His tenure ended on ...
Texas, 347 U.S. 475 (1954), was a landmark case, "the first and only Mexican-American civil-rights case heard and decided by the United States Supreme Court during the post-World War II period." [ 1 ] In a unanimous ruling, the court held that Mexican Americans and all other nationality groups in the United States have equal protection under ...
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)
On Tuesday, three Republicans won: Todd McCray, Place 3; Lori Massey Brissette, Place 4; and Adrian Spears, Place 5. They won by slightly more than 51% support, according to the data. 5th Court of ...
The Texas Supreme Court is the state’s highest court, or court of last resort, for civil matters in the state. ... 2020. In November of 2010, I was a candidate for Justice, Place 4, Fifth ...
Morris Overstreet (1975): [33] First African American male elected as a Judge of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals (1991) Fortunato "Pete" Benavides: [34] First Latino American male to serve as Judge on the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals; Charles Spain: [35] First openly LGBT male to serve as an appellate court judge in Texas (2018)
A resident of Cypress in Harris County, Guzman is the first Hispanic woman to serve on the Texas high court for civil appeals. Another Hispanic, David Medina, was elected to the court in 2006 and served until 2012, the year he was defeated by John P. Devine in the Republican primary run-off for re-nomination to his supreme court seat.
Democrats see recent state court rulings on abortion as a galvanizing moment to mobilize Latino voters in key states and battleground House districts.