A newly elected judge in Houston accidentally resigned on Monday, according to local media and a county official, after he shared plans online to run for the state supreme court, apparently unaware that the Texas constitution considers such an announcement an automatic resignation.
Article 16, Section 65, of the state’s constitution says that a judge’s announcement of candidacy for another office “shall constitute an automatic resignation of the office then held.”
Judges should not tweet
If he is that ignorant about that law, how many more laws is he ignorant about. Escort him out of the building.
SMH.
Made a bad judgement call
'Freudian Pink Slip'
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