Judges are selected and elected for different terms in each state. There are three characteristics of the Judicial system in Texas that make it stand out from other states‚ one is that Texas has two appellate courts of last resort‚ its trial courts do not have uniform jurisdiction of subject matter and the judges are chosen in partisan elections (Womack‚ 2018). In Texas‚ all levels of Judges are elected to the individual court positions through a partisan ballot. Each candidate for
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Three Main Battles of Texas History Texas was led by dictator Santa Anna‚ in 1833. At that time Texas was apart of Mexico. However‚ the Texans were very unhappy with Santa Anna‚ and they had every right to be. The Texans rebelled‚ and so it caused the War for Texas’ independence. Three main battles occurred during this period. These battles are: The battle of the Alamo‚ the Goliad Massacre‚ and the battle of San Jacinto. The Battle of the Alamo cured February 23‚ 1836 to March 6‚ 1836.
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CAPITAL CITY BANK Capital City Bank (CCB) was a medium sized commercial bank owned by a small group of shareholders. Its total employee force numbered nearly 1‚000 personnel. Because of the company ’s poor performance in recent years‚ the owners decided to sell their equity to a group of new investors who felt that CCB could be turned around with more aggressive management. The transfer of ownership of the bank was followed by basic changes in bank strategy as well as changes in many key personnel
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Hurricane Harvey has done to the state of Texas‚ yet the devastation is not only hitting the average American’s heart‚ but their wallets as well. Texas is a major supplier of oil to the country and Hurricane Harvey has put an abrupt halt to its oil production and refining. It is even quoted by Tom Kloza‚ the global head of energy analysis for Oil Price Information Service that “Satan could not have drawn up a more horrible geographic scenario for knocking out Texas refining”. And although some may have
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The BP oil spill‚ more famously referred to as the Deepwater Horizon Spill‚ occurred in 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico and flowed unmitigated for as long as 3 months. The BP oil spill has fared as the largest marine oil spill ever confronted in the history of the petroleum industry. The oil spill on the 20th of April 2010 was primarily the result of a gas release followed by an explosion in the Deepwater Horizon oil rig‚ in the Gulf of Mexico‚ established on the Mocando exploration well designed for
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way because we are deathly afraid of them. In Texas there are spiders that can kill you if you don’t make it to the hospital fast enough. They are called Black Widow’s. What’s bad about Spider’s living in Texas is that my dad (Keith) ‚ my older brother (Cole) ‚ my step mom (Janice)‚ and my step sister (Jenna) live their. They have poisonous snakes in the lake that my dad lives on. They are called Water Moccasins. Water Moccasins are snakes. Since Texas has a lot of poisonous animals I’m constantly
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Texans have long been concerned about their children’s education. Texas over 1‚000 school districts‚ one main issue is children getting less educated each year. Numerous students become abstracted with their electronic devices causing them not to concentrate during a lecture. Students also being truly disrespectful to their instructors. Test scores are lower each year‚ by the cause of student’s lack of ambition to learn. Getting distracted by cell phones is a vast concern. Children pay further attention
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independence that results from the election of judges versus the appointment of judges.” While researching Texas appointed judges‚ I discovered that since 1845 when Texas become a state‚ judges were appointed until 1876 when judges were elected “by the people in the partisan elections” according to the website http://www.judicialselection.us/judicial_selection/index.cfm?state=tx. In addition‚ Texas has been electing their judges and in 1980 it became the first state that exceeded one million dollars
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The Texas legislative body is designed to represent the citizens of the state of Texas . Forty five percent of Texas is White‚ twelve percent is black‚ thirty eight percent is hispanic‚ and four percent is Asian. In contrast two thirds of the Texas House and seventy percent of the Senate is white‚ about a tenth is black in the House and Senate‚ only a fifth of the House and Senate are Hispanic. The body that is representing us isn’t exactly fair with the consensus of the general population. Minorities
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