Rule of law
Texas needs honest and competent judges to uphold the rule of law.
Capable and impartial judges are critical to Texans' respect for the law and to our state's continued economic success. The laws passed by the Texas Legislature are only as good as the judges who apply them.
"Improving our legal system starts with ensuring we elect competent and impartial judges to apply our laws and Constitution as written, without legislating from the bench."
Gov. Greg Abbott
Activist judges who legislate from the bench pose a threat to the decades of carefully crafted tort reforms Texas has enacted, and consequently to the dynamic Texas economy.
Texas is one of only a handful of states that elects all of its judges. Every two years, hundreds of judicial seats are on the ballot: seats on the Texas Supreme Court, 45 positions on the intermediate courts of appeals and hundreds of trial court positions.
Because the Texas Supreme Court only handles about 100 cases each year, the judges on Texas's 14 intermediate courts of appeals decide many of the most consequential issues that come before Texas courts, including cases that affect our economy, public safety and education.
Vote for competent judges who will maintain the rule of law, enforce our criminal statutes and decide civil cases efficiently and fairly. The President of the United States appoints judges to the federal bench, but you, the Texas voter, decide who sits on the state court benches. It is an awesome responsibility.
Map of appeals court districts
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