Democratic candidate secures Harris County judicial seat with final count of provisional, mail votes

Complete and official results of the Nov. 5 general and special elections were tallied and published on Friday.

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#Trump-appointed #judge #underfire for failing to #disclose #interviews on #civilrights despite #warnings

#Nominees for #federal #judgeships are required to disclose during the #confirmation process every public and published remark, β€œincluding copies of nearly everything they have ever #written or #said in #public notes CNN, breaking this latest development on Kacsmaryk.

https://www.alternet.org/trump-appointed-judge-under-fire/

Trump-appointed judge under fire for failing to disclose interviews on civil rights despite warnings

U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, the Trump appointee who has drawn nationwide attention – and condemnation – for suspending the FDA’s decades-old approval of a commonly-used abortion pill, mifepristone, is under fire once again, this time for failing to reveal during his confirmation process i...

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A new investigation finds that groups associated with prominent anti-abortion judicial activist #Leonard #Leo β€” who has had a hand in the nomination of every sitting conservative Supreme Court justice β€” have poured tens of millions into significant state court races over the past two decades, demonstrating the depth of Leo’s campaign to pack U.S. courts with #FarRight judges.

Grid News has found that Leo’s network of #DarkMoney and political groups, through cash influxes from sources like the #Koch family, has injected at least $31 million into at least 42 races in 15 states since 2010, seeking to influence races for state Supreme Courts and other high-level state #judgeships
https://truthout.org/articles/groups-connected-with-leonard-leo-have-funneled-31-million-to-state-court-races/

Groups Associated With Anti-Abortion Judicial Activist Leonard Leo Have Spent $31M on State Court Packing

Leonard Leo has spent decades influencing courts at the federal and state levels to advance far right politics.

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