Happy Hour 251: High Time For Change On Texas' High Courts

Texas is unique in that it is one of only two states in the U.S. (the other is Oklahoma) that operates a bifurcated high court system - instead of having one single state supreme court that handles everything, Texas splits its highest judicial authority between two specialized courts: the Supreme Court of Texas and the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. All of the seats on these courts are elected statewide, and just like every other statewide post, they've all been held by Republicans since the late 1990's (if you don't count Larry Meyers). Our guests today are looking to change that: Justices Chari Kelly, Cory Carlyle and Maggie Ellis are all running for seats on the Texas Supreme Court, Judge Christine Weems ran for that court in 2024, is running for reelection in Houston, and is present today for moral support, and our friend Holly Taylor is running for a seat on the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.Learn more about Holly Taylor at https://www.hollytforjudge.com/.Learn more about Cory Carlyle at https://carlyle4justice.com/.Learn more about Maggie Ellis at https://www.maggieforjustice.com/.Learn more about Chari Kelly at https://charikelly.com/.Learn more about Christine Weems at https://www.weemsforjudge.com/.Thanks for listening! Learn more about Progress Texas and how you can support our ongoing work at https://progresstexas.org/.