Unca Darrell

MAY 29 (Bumped) Tipps's sheet for Harris County judicial races

I'M GLAD we vote for our judges in Texas, but let's face it: Harris County has too many judicial races to keep up with. Few of us have the time or resources to do our own research.

Enter Stephen G. Tipps, an attorney at Baker Botts. He studies the races closely and write the best recommendations I know. With his permission, I am linking to his recommendations for the May GOP and Democratic judicial primaries. 

APRIL 12 / That horrible crash you heard on the front lawn this morning . . .

. . . was all these figures of speech and cliches slamming into each other: 

APRIL 9 / Another stinging rebuke for the law firm of . . .

. . . Sweeney, Stephenson, O'Laughlin, Cohen, Wilburn, Jetton, Newkirk, Langworthy, Fleck & Gray (Lisa!)

APRIL 3 / UPDATED: Ignorant or cynical?

And which is scarier?

The president says the Supreme Court's overturning of Obamacare would be "unprecedented, extraordinary." Why?  

MARCH 27 / America? Or . . .

. . . America, fundamentally transformed?

That's what's at stake in . . .  

NOVEMBER 5 / Today, let's give to . . .

. . . Crime Stoppers of Houston, celebrating its thirtieth anniversary of market-based crime detection. The fallen nature of man guarantees a steady supply of perps. And the promise of rewards up to $5000 guarantees a steady supply of informants.

You can donate online or . . . 

OCTOBER 11 / Has there ever been . . .

. . . a more gutless editorial? 

SEPTEMBER 22 / Too intrusive?

THE HOUSTON Chronicle editoral board wet its collective underthings in ecstatic approval earlier this month when . . .  

SEPTEMBER 20 / To see Obamism dismantled . . .

. . . on the rule-of-law question . . .

SEPTEMBER 13 / George F. Will on "Lochner"

ONE OF THE most important Supreme Court cases you've never heard of is . . .