Congratulations to Woodie Jones who won his race for 3rd Court of Appeals

[sonias]

Yes we did!

We put Woodie on the bench again as Chief Justice - 3rd Court of Appeals!

Grits for Breakfast blog
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In other positive judicial election news for Democrats, challenger Woodie Jones knocked off Republican Ken Law on the Austin-based 3rd Court of Appeals. Judge Law recently boosted his notoriety, and probably lost the election, after signing off on an opinion recently benefiting GOP whipping boy Tom DeLay that claimed money laundering laws only apply to cash, not checks.

:bounce::bounce::bounce::bounce:

Sonia

[PDittie]

1. And Jim Sharp, a real progressive

we finally got elected to the 1st Court of Appeals.

http://www.sharpforjustice.com/

[sonias]

2. Jones victory good for 3rd Court

AAS 11/08/08
EDITORIAL
Jones victory good for 3rd Court
Woodie Jones' victory as chief justice of the 3rd Court of Appeals should help right a court that became all too political in a political case.

Saturday, November 08, 2008

Among the more obscure but nevertheless important down-ballot victors in Tuesday's election was Woodie Jones, an Austin lawyer and former judge who unseated Chief Justice Ken Law of the 3rd Court of Appeals. It is important that Jones do all that he can to pull the court away from its slide toward partisanship.

Most of what the 3rd Court does is routine — hearing appeals in civil and criminal cases from lower courts. It's based in Austin but serves a swath of 24 counties running from Austin northwest to San Angelo. It has six justices, four Republicans (including Law) and two Democrats.

But the politicization of the court was seen in a recent case in which three justices, all Republicans and including Law, took up a case involving Republican defendants accused of laundering $190,000 in campaign money in 2002 to help elect a GOP majority to the Texas House.

On an issue not even raised in the appeal, the three-judge panel — after sitting on the case for two years — appeared to go out of its way to help the defendants by ruling that the money-laundering law in the case applied only to cash, not checks.

Do we get a do over in that case?

Sonia

[Czolgosz]

3. Jones in Austin, Sharp in Houston, Stone in San Antonio, Rivera in El Paso, Garza in Corpus Christi

were all great wins!