The Texas Commission on Judicial Selection (TCJS) was created in 2019 by the 86th Texas Legislature to study and review the method by which statutory county court judges, including probate court judges; district judges; and appellate justices and judges are selected for office in Texas.
The study must consider the fairness, effectiveness, and desirability of selecting a judicial officer through partisan elections; the fairness, effectiveness, and desirability of judicial selection methods proposed or adopted by other states; the relative merits of alternative methods for selecting a judicial officer.
The TCJS is required to submit a report on its findings and recommendations to the governor and the legislature no later than December 31, 2020.
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Courts of appeal:
- intermediate-level appeals for civil, juvenile, and criminal cases
District courts:
- general jurisdiction over a broad range of civil and criminal cases, mostly at the local level
Texas Supreme Court:
- final appellate jurisdiction in civil and juvenile cases
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals:
- highest criminal court in Texas
county courts:
- jurisdiction over probate cases, less serious misdemeanors, and civil cases
involving relatively low amounts of money at the local level
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1st EditionGlen Krutz
412 solutions
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105 solutions
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16th EditionGeorge C. Edwards III, Martin P. Wattenberg, Robert L. Lineberry
269 solutions
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11th EditionMichael D. Reisig, Todd R. Clear
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