Texas Democratic Party: Texas GOP Attempts to Redistrict State's Appellate Court System After 2018's Blue Wave Put Record Amount of Democrats on Bench
April 03, 2021
April 03, 2021
AUSTIN, Texas, April 3 -- The Texas Democratic Party issued the following news:
The Texas Senate's Jurisprudence Committee held a hearing Thursday on Senate Bill 11, which would restructure the state appellate court system from 14 courts to seven districts. Under SB11, the restructured seven appellate courts would be overseen by benches that vary in size from four justices in the proposed Lubbock and Amarillo district to 21 justices in a mega district that combines the Houston and L . . .
The Texas Senate's Jurisprudence Committee held a hearing Thursday on Senate Bill 11, which would restructure the state appellate court system from 14 courts to seven districts. Under SB11, the restructured seven appellate courts would be overseen by benches that vary in size from four justices in the proposed Lubbock and Amarillo district to 21 justices in a mega district that combines the Houston and L . . .