Texas county swears in 17 black female judges after historic midterm election

[brooklynite]

Source: The Hill

Harris County, Texas, made history on Tuesday by swearing in 17 black female judges following a massive sweep in the November midterm elections.

The women were part of a local democratic campaign called “Black Girl Magic Texas” which pulled off what is believed to be the largest group of black female judges elected at the same time in the county's history, KHOU 11 News reported.

Members of the public were invited to attend the swearing in ceremony, which saw a packed house, according to photos shared by KHOU

Nineteen African American women in total will be serving on the bench in 2019. The women have more than 200 years worth of experience between them all, the station noted.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/423431-texas-county-swears-in-17-black-female-judges-after-historic-election

[populistdriven]

1. Off to the greatest!

KR

[George II]

2. In addition to the huge blue wave in 2018, there's a huge BLACK and female wave, too.

Not only among judges but in Congress and many state legislatures, too.

[NBachers]

3. I love the picture of them all together.

[littlemissmartypants]

4. Beautiful. Thanks for the post, brooklynite.

Kicked and Recommended.

[rickyhall]

5. That's amazing. 1st I heard of it. Houston, wow!

Maybe there is hope for Texas. Wonder about Ft. Worth, my hometown.

[Canoe52]

6. KnR!

[Gothmog]

7. For this thread

Link to tweet

?s=20

[JudyM]

8. Justice personified.

[Yeehah]

9. Good luck to all the new judges

and thanks for upholding the RULE OF LAW!

[GulfCoast66]

10. Texas question? Don't judges there have extraordinary power?

I seem to remember reading about during the hurricanes they had.

[MosheFeingold]

11. From what I recall

Texas has a position called "County Judge" that is not a judge (like presiding over court cases) at all, but rather the head of the county government. It's modeled after (or at least named after) ancient Israeli form of local governance.

Beto O'Rourke's father was the County Judge of El Paso County, for example. He did things like set salaries for county deputies and preside over meetings where roads go,m etc.