Replies

A possible preview of the type of judges Perry would appoint.

I thought this was interesting. One may not like Perry’s choices, but we certainly have an idea of how he would choose. Not too bad, I would say.

One nice thing about having a record is, well, you have a record.

Be gone for a short time but will return in case anyone comments on this.

“A possible preview of the type of judges Perry would appoint.”

You might want to also discuss the CONSERVATIVE Supreme Court Justice that Perry engineered the defeat of...just to have him replaced with a moderate.

Absolutely horrible and vindictive...but then again, TOTALLY within character for Perry.

So let’s not get too giddy when it comes to Perry and judges. We’re paying the price here in Texas with Perry stacking the court with these clowns.

Purging of Supreme Court Justice Steve Smith

Perry has made numerous appointments to the Texas courts, the Railroad Commission, and other bodies and commissions during his tenure as governor. One of his first selections was the appointment of Xavier Rodriguez to the Texas Supreme Court. Rodriguez, who called himself a moderate, was quickly unseated in the 2002 Republican primary by conservative Steven Wayne Smith, the attorney in the Hopwood v. Texas suit in 1996, which successfully challenged affirmative action at the University of Texas Law School. Hopwood, however, was overturned in a 2003 decision stemming from the University of Michigan. Steven Smith was elected in the 2002 general election.

Perry objected to Smith’s tenure on the court and refused to meet with the new justice when he attempted to mend fences with the governor. Perry encouraged Judge Paul Green to challenge Smith in the 2004 Republican primary. Perry raised a lot of campaign cash for Green, who defeated Smith in the primary and was then elected without opposition in the 2004 general election. Smith attempted a comeback in the 2006 Republican primary by waging a shoestring challenge to Justice Don Willett, another Perry appointee who was also considered a strong conservative on the court. Smith polled 49.5 percent of the primary vote, but Perry’s man prevailed.

http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/Rick_Perry#Purging_of_Supreme_Court_Justice_Steve_Smith

While Perry has been praised even by his critics for bringing diversity to the state’s highest civil court, critics say the governor leaned heavily on conservative, business-friendly ideology...

I'm quite OK with this...

Perry’s appointment of Medina DQ’s him for me, and I’m not referring to fires.