Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Nathan Hecht called on the Legislature to do away with the state’s current system of electing judges in partisan races during his State of the Judiciary Address on Wednesday.
“No method of judicial selection is perfect,” Hecht told the joint session of the House and Senate. “Still, partisan elections is among the very worst methods.”
Texas is one of a handful of states that requires judges to declare a political party in elections. Hecht said that system should be cast aside in favor of nonpartisan races in which candidates…
