Qualification and Selection Process for Judges
Qualification and Selection Process for Judges in Texas
Reportedly, the current court system of Texas was came into place in 1891 following an amendment of the constitution which sought to establish the Supreme Court (as the highest court in the state) and fourteen other intermediate courts that supplemented the supreme court by hearing civil and criminal cases. The constitution also highlighted the qualifications that one had to have in order to be considered for a court job position, particularly judges’ job posts.
Currently the Texas constitution has it that for one to qualify as a judge in Texas County Court ...