Commentary for We Aim For Injustice by Susannah Hootman

Susannah, I agree with your point of view that partisan elections are inherently partial and that this is problematic for the Texas judicial system overall. However I would also stipulate that while the Texas government is in part responsible for the partiality of our judicial elections we the citizens of Texas are equally if not more responsible for this "cop out." It has become increasingly clear to me that while many Texans want change they refuse to actually go out and vote or let anybody other than the people around him/her know what changes they want. I would go so far as to argue that the partiality of our judicial elections stems from the average Texans' refusal to act and to commit more than a couple of seconds in passing conversation to actually change what we wish to be different. Until Texans realize that nothing will change unless they work together for it our elections will continue to be biased and broken.