Most judges in the state of Texas are elected by registered voters and vacancies that may occur outside the normal electoral calendar are filled by someone appointed by the relevant elected officials. Vacancies at the county level for instance and the justice of the peace officer is filled by the appointment of the county commissioners court while at the municipal court vacancies are filled by people appointed by the governing body of the city or the mayor and the judicial vacancies at the supreme court level are filled by the appointment of the governor with advice from the Senate.
The emancipation proclamation of 1862 freed slaves in the south
The government under the Articles of Confederation was very "weak" in that it could only regulate trade between the states. Although its greatest achievement was that it allowed maximum freedom for citizens, its failure was that it could not tax the states adequately.
A right according to natural law, a right that cannot be taken away, denied, or transferred .
