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Meyers, Keasler, should be Dems' CCA electoral targets

The Dallas News' Michael Landauer writes that "Lawrence Meyers, the longest-serving member of the Court of Criminal Appeals, says he's running for re-election. In doing so, he cites the court's reputation for fairness. Try not to laugh." The other two Texas CCA judges up in 2010 are Michael Keasler and Cheryl Johnson, all Republicans.There is no liberal wing on the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. There's a conservative wing, to which Judge Johnson belongs, and a more or less totalitarian wing, in which Keasler and Meyers reside along with Presiding Judge Sharon Keller.I respect and support Judge Johnson, who has been a key leader on the court standing up to Judge Keller and trying to haul its reputation out of the muck. IMO, she's earned her spot battling it out in the trenches with Keller and Co...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on June 12, 2009 (boomark / email).