Rick Perry Taps Chief of Staff for Texas Supreme Court
Jeff Boyd, chief of staff to Gov. Rick Perry, is the governor’s choice for an open spot on the Texas Supreme Court.
He’ll replace Dale Wainwright, who resigned from the state's highest civil court earlier this year. The appointment is subject to Senate confirmation.
“Jeff is a highly-respected attorney who has consistently excelled throughout his years of private practice, his terms of public service, and his leadership of important charitable organizations. His addition to the court will continue to protect the rule of law and further the tradition of defending the freedoms that Texans so vigorously uphold ...
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D Karen Wilkerson via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Oh shit.
Jim Vance
Yet another example of the hand-picked elevation of an insider in the "go along and get along to get ahead" good ol' boy oligarchy system that actually runs Texas -- someone who has carried enough water for enough top dogs and thus proven he's become sufficiently brainwashed in the system's ethics and principles to be a trusted judicial appointee. The result -- a manipulative process of governing under Perry and Bush that's been routinely accomplished by tacit agreement among the insiders to bypass the Texas Constitution's requirement for judicial elections in all courts at every level. In nominal terms, there is an "independent judiciary" in Texas; in real terms, not so much.
Cliff McSparran via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Got to look out for those Church of Christers
Samdavis
I sure hope he is pro-business so he can balance out the rest of the court that is rabidly pro-business.
Kathleen Painter via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Not ALL Texans...
Scott Nicol via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Great way for Perry to ensure that years of corruption never come back to haunt him
Mack Green
Irregardless of the number of Texas Supreme Court justices serving or nominated, only three justices count... Perry, Cornyn, and Abbott.
Jon Jewett via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Scott, how would that be? What does the State Supreme court have to do with corruption investigations?