Local Court Runoff Tests Judicial Campaign Fairness Act
In East Texas, a local court race could have statewide implications for a law intended to keep cash — and the potential corruption that comes with it — out of the judiciary.
A runoff for the state district court in Marshall, the Harrison County seat just east of Longview near the Louisiana border, has two Republicans slinging lawsuits and ethics complaints over provisions of the Judicial Campaign Fairness Act.
The Act, passed by the Legislature in 1995 after a rash of scandals and millions in contributions pouring into Texas Supreme Court races, imposes mandatory caps on contributions and voluntary limits on expenditures ...
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John McIntyre
The Texas Trial Lawyer's association has infiltrated the gop race in Harrison County for state representative house district 9 and district judge.Morin has the support of the TTLA and changed parties to get a TTLA member on the bench formerly held by Judge Bonnie Leggett.TTLa spent about 250K to defeat state representative Wayne Christian with the help of Joe Straus Speaker of the House in retribution for state representative Bryan Hughes blowing the whistle on the speakers bribery for pledges.Chris Paddie,never elected by the people,mayour former city councilman ran as a gop and with the support of TTLA,Joe Straus,LGBTT;DAllasVoice,and casino gambling groups beat Christian in the 11 percent turnout primary.Paddie had never done anything in the gop like MOrin had been a democrat.With the kiss of death endorsement of oopss perry Christian lost the new gerrymandered dewhurst approved new district to help Joe Straus and sodomites control North EAst Texas.Texas Judicial Records show Hughey moving the docket,holding jury trials,and no sanctions or reprimands public nor private.The new district attorney elected is a republican who defeated the incumbent hometown Joe Black Democrat,Catholic,NRA member.Hughey has done a fine job in a part of the slave owning south where the slaveowners wanted Jeff DAvis to live in Marshall in 1864.Respectfully;John McIntyre,1984 Reagan delegate,supporter of Democrat Appellate Judge Jack Carter,CCL democrat Judge Dowd,and Judge Hughey of Marshall,Texas,Republican.TTLA should be ashamed for the lies on paddiecake versus Christian race.Shamefull! The Marshall Democrat paper has questionable impartiallity.