You will not convince me we cannot find 10 articulate lawyers to petition for the Removal of Gabriela Garcia. Too many of you are urging me to continue to push for her removal.
Here is a key point for me, if you think you are going to run for district court judge while remaining silent about the corruption in Cameron County you are wrong.
I will have a lot to say about the cowards who want to be a judge but refuse to speak the truth about what is happening.
When the time comes, I will prove I have Gabby Garcia more honest chances to end this nightmare than I ever thought I would afford a judge. She cannot bring herself to do the right thing. I am pursuing it with the Commission on Judicial Conduct, but they can take years.
"And when we find a serious problem, we can put the judge on notice that his performance is unacceptable. If he can’t turn it around, the Constitution says we can do something about it. Article 15, section 8 allows the Legislature, on the Governor’s recommendation, to remove a judge for several reasons, including willful neglect of duty or incompetence. Article 15, section 6 allows the Supreme Court, on the petition of ten lawyers, to remove a district judge who “negligently fails to perform his duties as Judge; or who shall fail to execute in a reasonable measure the business in his courts.” These provisions show us that the Framers of our Constitution knew that judges have to be capable, qualified people who can manage a courtroom. The Framers also knew that elections might occasionally give us unqualified judges. Their answer wasn’t—tough luck, vote them out in four years. No. They gave us tools to fix these problems in the rare cases when they arise. And if we forget about these tools or we don’t use them because we’re afraid it will be difficult or we’ll be criticized for it, then we’re not allowing our Constitution to operate as it was designed."
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THE CHIEF JUSTICE HAS MADE CLEAR HE INTENDS TO COLLECT DATA ON THE BAD JUDGES
"Article V, section 31 of the Constitution makes the Supreme Court responsible for the efficient administration of the judicial branch. Using that authority, as well as authority you’ve given us, we are gathering data to help us identify problem judges. We don’t want to use statistical metrics like case clearance rates as blunt instruments because they don’t tell the whole story, but they are very useful tools. I believe current law provides all the tools we need to identify the problems and to deal with them, and this Supreme Court intends to do that, with the help of the Regional Presiding Judges and others. We don’t need to burden all the good judges across our state with extra paperwork mandated by the Legislature. We don’t need to do that in order to figure out where the problems are. We can find the problems, and we intend to do so."
Chief Justice's State of the Union
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