User talk:2600:1700:4080:2450:29FC:8D7E:F147:7E56

The Honorable Brett Busby stood for re-election in Nov 2018 and was defeated by a Democratic challenger. The reason why he nevertheless sits on the state supreme court is inherently political -- Republicans' use of gubernatorial appointment power to undo the results of elections when they adversely affect fellow Republicans. Mode of accession (appointment by Governor Abbott) is THE critical fact here — there would be no WP page on SCOTX member Brett Busby otherwise--and should not be taboo for the readers of Wikipedia, particularly when it represents a pattern. Busby is not the only former Republican judge re-appointed by Abbott after having been rejected by the voters.

It is also a critical fact for those who want to know more about judicial races in 2020, when straight-ticket voting is no longer an option in Texas.

The same goes for the Republican initiative to change the judicial selection/elections system in their favor, now that it has started to work against Republicans in the metropolitan counties and appellate districts. Republicans may have a good reason to want to suppress such information; -- a motivation that should be resisted in a forum that strives to be informative and unbiased, and should advance the goal of an informed public at large, and informed electorate more specifically.2600:1700:4080:2450:29FC:8D7E:F147:7E56 (talk) 21:27, 16 January 2020 (UTC)


 * Maybe you need to read WP:RSUW before you revert again. It doesn't make sense to talk about the judicial system on a page about a single judge. Snickers2686 (talk) 21:52, 16 January 2020 (UTC)