“Any judge who tells you they don’t worry about offending a JMSC member . is lying to you,” a state prosecutor says, as two judges describe a pattern of intimidation by lawyer-legislators who can make or break a judge’s career.
When it comes to age on the ballot, Texas didn't wait until 2024 to weigh in. Asked to let judges stay on the bench until they're 79 years old — a year younger than President Joe Biden — Texas voters soundly rejected the proposal in Tuesday's elections, a defeat that drew new attention to issues of age and fitness for office in the U.S. “Age is front of mind for American voters in a way that it has not traditionally been and they are nervous about it,” said Cal Jillson, a political science professor at Southern Methodist University.
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Texas voters resoundingly rejected a constitutional amendment Tuesday that would have allowed state judges to stay on the bench for four years longer by extending the mandatory retirement age from 75 to 79.