tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post3847187100075989531..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Rural counties driving prison growth, and other storiesGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-49039079796238353072016-09-07T21:11:39.175-05:002016-09-07T21:11:39.175-05:00Sorry Grits, but the CCA is not a "state agen...Sorry Grits, but the CCA is not a "state agency" subject to sunset review under Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act).<br /><br />See also, Article. V, Sections 1, 4, and 5, Texas Constitution, all of which establish or relate to the CCA and can't be ignored or altered by the Sunset Advisory Commission or the legislature.jDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13684899482387463697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-68758851185323942742016-09-06T16:50:05.571-05:002016-09-06T16:50:05.571-05:00Just few weeks ago I saw a comment about Dr. Ekpen...Just few weeks ago I saw a comment about Dr. Ekpen Temple, someone talking about how he has help him in his relationship break up, I also contacted him because i was facing the same problem in my relationship, today i can boldly recommend Dr. Ekpen Temple to someone who is also facing break up in his or her relationship to contact him for help today because he has help me restore my relationship back to normal, here is he contact details (ekpentemple@gmail.com) or 2347050270218 Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01314344340595882285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-13390389571502171592016-09-06T12:35:48.192-05:002016-09-06T12:35:48.192-05:00Oh my.
You may regard it as micromanagement, but I...Oh my.<br />You may regard it as micromanagement, but I think (and I'm sure that many defendants think) that it's better than "no management." How many criminal cases do you think the Texas Supreme Court would ever exercise their discretion to hear? I can think of only two or three juvenile cases (which they have jurisdiction over) in the past few years that the Sup Ct has deigned to review.<br />More importantly, how much effort and care would the Sup Ct put into things like search and seizure cases, or the recent First Amendment improper photography cases (correctly found by the CCA to be unconstitutional).<br /><br />Speaking of Fourth Amendment, it is telling that just a few weeks ago, you bemoaned the refusal of the Tx Sup Ct to act like "legislators instead of judges" when they failed to divine out of whole cloth an exclusionary rule that could be applied to civil forfeiture. So, your opinion on these things appears to depend on whose ox is being gored.<br /><br />Finally, I suppose you're right that the Texas Sup Court will never have many "ex-prosecutors" on the bench. But if you want a court that has anyone who knows anything about criminal law, it will be just unavoidable that there will be ex prosecutors. You'd be hard put to find a sitting mid level appellate judge that was only a criminal defense attorney and never a prosecutor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-55288493222644571522016-09-06T11:37:11.328-05:002016-09-06T11:37:11.328-05:00Kaepernick is definitely not in the same league as...Kaepernick is definitely not in the same league as Frederick Douglass. Not even if you get high and squint really hard.<br /><br />As for the CCA vs SCOT, having 2 courts filled with highly paid judges in a state that always seems to be in a perpetual budget crisis, it seems that merging CCA into SCOT enhances the idea of smaller government, fiscal responsibility, and streamlines bureaucracy. There isn't a single faction of any political party that would be against that. Except those currently on the CCA.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-3968875650639307952016-09-06T08:44:39.660-05:002016-09-06T08:44:39.660-05:00Instead of merging the CCA with the Texas Supreme ...Instead of merging the CCA with the Texas Supreme Court, how about amending the qualifications to require at least 7 years of practice on both sides of the docket? (I chose 7 at random)<br /><br />It seems that a lot of what's wrong the the CCA is the Prosecutor track to the Court coloring the world as the Justices see it. DLWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10620670491113872035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-46300365867297796092016-09-06T05:48:37.321-05:002016-09-06T05:48:37.321-05:00The Texas Supreme Court is all Republican too, 5:3...The Texas Supreme Court is all Republican too, 5:32, so that's not it. Rather, the CCA is full of ex-prosecutors with narrow worldviews and political devotion to just a few institutional players instead of the public and/or the system at large. States where the Supreme Court does both criminal and civil have judges with broader backgrounds and perspectives and less draconian opinions on civil liberties, etc..<br /><br />Also, having one court do all criminal leads to micromanagement. CCA judges have come to think they're legislators instead of judges and, on stuff like Texas' junk science writ, seek to impose their views over lawmakers in a way that I don't think would happen if they had other core duties to which they had to attend.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-78180398137314031752016-09-06T05:32:22.464-05:002016-09-06T05:32:22.464-05:00Other than the fact that Texas is a red state whic...Other than the fact that Texas is a red state which reliably elects Republican judges who, as a general rule, are pro law and order and defer to jury verdicts, is there any particular reason that you think unifying our highest appellate court is a good idea? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-20035477584818985372016-09-06T04:59:20.793-05:002016-09-06T04:59:20.793-05:00Fixed. Gracias.Fixed. Gracias.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-17244291037256186672016-09-06T02:50:51.040-05:002016-09-06T02:50:51.040-05:00CCA link
https://www.texasbar.com/AM/Template.cf...CCA link <br /><br />https://www.texasbar.com/AM/Template.cfm?Section=articles&Template=/CM/HTMLDisplay.cfm&ContentID=34349Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-35773682499713077672016-09-05T20:30:54.776-05:002016-09-05T20:30:54.776-05:00CCA link doesn't work.CCA link doesn't work.jDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13684899482387463697noreply@blogger.com