Not So Keen On Green

Rick Green took first place in the March primary election for the Texas Supreme court. However he did not earn over 50 percent of the vote and now faces a run-off against Debra Lehrmann, a Fort Worth state District Court judge on April 2nd.
During this election Green has constantly taken the easy way out, getting people to appeal to his ideals rather than his ability to preserve law. Electing a judge shouldn’t be about their ideals but how they practice upholding the law. Granted your ideals will influence that process. However before considering a judge based on his ideals, we must consider a judge’s experience, skills, and respect for the law. For example, James Brown and I might share similar ideals. But that doesn’t mean I think he would be a good judge. He doesn’t have the skills, back ground, or respect for the law, not much unlike our candidate Rick Green.
Rick Green has zero judicial experience and only a background in contract law. With a lack of experience for the job, Rick has turned to the only method he knows, preaching conservative values and the godliness of the constitution to the Texan choir. Rick Green’s video message title “the right experience at the right time” construes Green’s lack of experience as a lack of entanglement with big government. The first minute and a half of this video message was used to convince the viewer that Green had enough experience and having specifically judicial experience wasn’t important. If this wasn’t such a big deal why does it take up such a significant amount of his promotional video?
In addition, do we want someone on the Texas Supreme Court with a checked ethical past like Green? In 2001 Green was accused of using state office for personal benefit when he filmed a T.V. advertisement promoting the use of focus factor. During Green’s time in the House of Representatives, he lobbied the state parole board to release a man who conveniently was in debt $400,000 to Green's father’s company. Prosecutors also investigated his part in lobbying on behalf of a dietary supplement firm to the Department of Health. Green’s law firm represented the dietary supplement, Metabolife. Finally, to top of the list, in 2006 Green clocked the Texas Representative, who won his seat from him in 2002, in the face.
Green is not qualified to be a member of the Texas Supreme court nor does he have the moral repertoire necessary to ensure justice. To say the least, I won’t be voting Green this April Run-off Election.


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