Texas Supreme Court System Analysis

With consideration as to the size of Texas, I think it is necessary for Texas to have the complicated Supreme Court system that it has today. The Supreme Court System is used to take on both civil cases and criminal cases, and this is why it must be separated into two distinct branches.
The first branch of the State Court of Texas is the Texas Supreme Court. This court according to the website for Supreme Court Laws (2017), the Texas Supreme Court “hears and administers decisions concerning civil cases.” According to Nolo.com (2017), a civil case is a “noncriminal lawsuit, usually involving private property rights. For example, lawsuits involving breach of contract, probate, divorce, negligence, and copyright violations are just a few of the
In order to be successful in persecuting civil and criminal wrongs, the courts need funding if they want to accomplish anything. University of Austin (2017), the only area that has sufficient funding is the jail system. The Texas government issued a mandate to relieve overcrowding by building new jails and adding on to the old ones. However, with all the accused criminals coming from the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals flooding into jails, it is almost impossible to prevent overcrowding. Impacts like these have led to numerous problems, including higher tensions among inmates, which has led to increased violence. Situations like these are why I think the Texas government should preserve the same structure in the court system while increasing their funding. Finding ways to do this can and will be difficult because of how many cases come through Texas each year. I would like to see this change because it has become apparent that the system needs more funding to stay on top of all the cases. This change also needs to occur in order to build more jails since overcrowding has become such a serious issue. The only other state that could compare to the correctional facilities in Texas would be California. However, even with California as an example, I think it would be wise to keep the structure of the Texas Supreme Court the way it is. I believe having a separate, multi layered judicial branch of government is an extremely effective way of doing things. One side handling the civil cases while the other side handles the criminal cases opens many doors for lawyers to specialize in either criminal or civil law, which makes the court run more