What was his name again?

Texas politics are just as important to us as national politics if not more important. Texas politics determine what happens in our state, what laws are pasted, and who enforces those laws. The editorial Texas Judges Run in the Dark by the Editorial Board for the Austin American Statesman was a clear look into an aspect of Texas politics that most people are ignorant to, or just don’t put much effort into finding out about. This is the election of bench occupant and the way they execute their jobs in the Texas Supreme Court and the Court of Criminal Appeals.

                The article is written to inform the voting public basically that “the state’s voters will hand the power to redirect lives and money to people they barley know.” as said in the article. To me is a good and well written point considering that I don’t pay that much attention to these parts of my own states political system. But in a way it is somewhat justified because lots of everyday citizen don’t deal with these courts or not directly affected by them in a daily basis so we tend to put these parts of politics on the back burner.

                As much as it is informational at the same time this article still grasps on to its point that the public voters are voting for people they barley know. For an example the author tells of a story where Verla Sue Holland, a former member of the Court of Criminal Appeals, and how she blemished a certain capital murder case. She played all the legal issues by the book, but she had been having romantic affair with the prosecutor. Points like this strengthened the article and gave it some important facets to back up the main point.

                This article delivers exactly what the author wants it to and in essence makes people want more information about the political delegates, an action that I think the author intended to happen. And to me I think that it is important that we the people that elect the judges should know them, not so much on a personal level but at least enough that they don’t fell like strangers. I know for sure I will be doing more research so that I know what candidate I’m voting for so I don’t have to ask that question “what was his name again.”