The Bryan-College Station Eagle endorses Linda Yanez for Supreme Court

Recommendations in state judicial elections by Eagle Editorial Board

The two high courts have nine members each. Currently, all 18 places are filled by Republicans....

Supreme Court of Texas -- Place 8

Justice Phil Johnson, Republican, vs. Justice Linda Yañez, Democrat ...

Yañez was the first woman on the 13th Court of Appeals in Corpus Christi when she was appointed by Gov. Ann Richards in 1993. She has been elected several times since.

She says the Supreme Court has been too eager to overturn jury verdicts, which, she said, Johnson has done six times.

She also criticizes his productivity, noting he has authored only 13 opinions in his three years on the court.

Yañez notes that 50 percent of the civil cases filed in Texas involve family law, but the high court takes no such cases on appeal. She said the court has a hostility to plaintiffs and is result-oriented.

Justice Johnson has done a good job, but we are convinced that Justice Yañez would add a vibrant, intelligent voice to the court, one that it badly needs. Candidates don't come much better.

The Eagle recommends a vote for Justice Linda Yañez to Place 8 on the Supreme Court of Texas.