Texas Supreme Court Justice Nathan L. Hecht, who was the subject of a public admonition by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct for his public support of former US Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers, was cleared by a three-judge Special Court of Review that heard Justice HechtÃs appeal of the sanction, which carries no civil or criminal penalty. The ruling, which had been expected, noted that the ethics rules under which Justice Hecht was sanctioned were impermissably vague and did not apply to his public reply to questions regarding his relationship of Ms. Miers. One of the members of the special court concluded that Justice Hecht had violated the rules, but that the rules were unconstitutional because they limited his freedom of speech. This Chronicle article on the ruling includes pdfs of the special court’s opinions, but if you want them, move quickly — the Chronicle’s links do not always last long.
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In a game in which no one gave them much of a chance of staying close, much less winning, the Texans (2-4) played the Jaguars to a standstill for the better part of three quarters and then put them away with by capitalizing on a couple of 2nd half fumbles. Rookie RB Wali Lundy gave the Texans their first presence this season in the running game with 93 yards on 19 carries and QB David Carr was efficient in the passing game while throwing TD passes (to WR Andre Johnson and rookie TE Owen Daniels) with no interceptions. With a winnable game next week at 1-5 Tennessee, the Texans could be 3-4, the first time that they have sniffed the .500 mark since the final game of the 2004 season.
The Jaguars came into this game off of a bye week after creaming the Jets 41-0. They were looking at the Texans game as being a nice scrimmage before next week’s showdown with the Eagles. It didn’t turn out that way. Coaching an NFL football team must be a very trying experience.
