Here in Dallas county, where I currently live, the populous pretty much voted straight Democrat in the last November election. I can remember hearing the possibility being raised back then that if voters upset with Republican leadership walked in and voted a straight Democrat party ticket, that it would mean bad things for some of the district courts. By bad things I mean, the Democrat candidates were inexperienced and some were not exactly ideal judicial candidates. This was not true in every location, but in many locations the Republican judge had been in place for years and most tenured and qualified Democrats wouldn’t get in a political race with these long-time incumbents. Therefore leaving many of the Democrat candidates seriously lacking judicial credentials.
Well the following story perfectly illustrates the danger of placing inexperienced people as judges in our county courts.
These kind of things always make me wonder why we, as voters and citizens, don’t care more about the kind of judges we elect. We almost elect judges as an afterthought, when in reality they swing a pretty big hammer of influence in our cities, counties, states, and country.
