Justice vs Good Ole Boys ? Texas Home School Coalition PAC

I have been a conservative Republican all my life, and I can count on one hand, with fingers left over, the number of times I have voted for a Democrat and even less that I have endorsed a Democratic candidate for elected office. The reason is that the majority of the time Democratic candidates do not hold conservative positions on the issues that I do.

When it comes to judicial candidates, my definition of a ?conservative? is a judge who is fair and impartial and rules on the law, not on his own opinions or what he wished the law was. Being fair and impartial, in my opinion, also includes appropriate ?judicial demeanor.? A judge should be patient, kind, and tolerant of those in his court with which he might disagree.

It is on that basis that I have concluded that in the campaign for the 20th District Court in Milam County, Judge John Youngblood is not the conservative in the race. In previous posts you can read the long description of his actions in the Moody case that have led me to this position.

On the other hand, Hollis Lewis is the local attorney representing Heather Moody in this case. It was deemed necessary to have a local attorney, as Heather?s primary attorney is from New Braunfels where her parents live, and after the first hearing, it was clear that the New Braunfels attorney was getting ?home towned? (the opposite of fair and impartial) by the judge.

It was months after I became involved in this case that I learned that Hollis Lewis was actually running for the Democratic nomination for the 20th District Court. He won that nomination in the Democratic primary probably on the strength of his service for ten years as the Milam County District Attorney.

When we contacted Mr. Lewis in our process of assessing candidates for endorsement by THSC PAC, we were pleasantly surprised that Hollis is one of the passing breed of conservative rural Democrats. He is pro-life, a staunch supporter of the Second Amendment rights of all Americans, and one who believes that fit parents have a fundamental constitutional right to direct the care, control, and education of their children. In fact, he was recently back in Judge Youngblood?s court on another case where he is representing fit parents against a grandparent who is seeking to take their children.

After this research and several conversations with Mr. Lewis, THSC PAC decided to endorse him for the 20th District Court. As a result of our efforts to help him win that office, we received several calls from those who have told us that he is being attacked as a result of a ?professional reprimand? from the Texas State Bar.

As is usually the case with these issues, there is much more to the story. As district attorney in Milam County, Mr. Lewis told us he was approached by the young teenage daughter of a local sheriff?s deputy.? This young lady told him that her father had beaten her in an attempt to force her to have an abortion and when that did not work, she was taken to Dallas to receive a late-term abortion. Mr. Lewis responded to this by documenting her allegations, confirming with the abortion clinic, and then went to the sheriff, who refused to take any action at all.

At a later date, Mr. Lewis was contacted by the DPS regarding an attempted murder by a friend of this same deputy. The sheriff?s office did not even notify the district attorney, and he went through the DPS to get information on the case. The judge hearing the case ruled that all the evidence presented by Mr. Lewis to the defense attorney could not be used because it was delivered one minute after the court-appointed deadline. During the trial a witness made a reference to some of this evidence, and the judge declared a mistrial ?with prejudice? to make it impossible to retry the case.

In the course of examining witnesses for this particular trial, a criminal background check was done. One female witness had a DWI on her record, but that was not originally discovered because the background check was done on her married name, not her maiden name. The corrupt officials seized on this minor issue to accuse Mr. Lewis of withholding evidence. The district judge who dismissed the case began to call county attorneys in surrounding counties, trying to entice one into investigating and prosecuting Mr. Lewis. After learning this, Mr. Lewis went to the county commissioners and asked them to find someone to investigate. They called in the DA from Williamson County, who, after a thorough investigation, announced that the charges were ridiculous and that it was all ?political,? and he refused to prosecute.

These corrupt officials then filed allegations of misconduct with the Texas State Bar, and an investigation and hearings were launched during a reelection campaign. A Milam County attorney, who was pushing these bogus allegations, was also a member of the State Bar?s panel who reviewed such charges. Then, as now, these allegations were used as a political weapon against Mr. Lewis in the midst of a campaign. His political advisors encouraged him to simply accept the reprimand as a way to end the issue, and unfortunately he agreed to do so.

The attorney who pushed this false issue with the State Bar is also the primary attorney representing Mr. Moody in the case before Judge Youngblood.

This whole sordid saga confirms for me that Hollis Lewis is the conservative in this race and should be elected to represent the people of Milam County in the 20th District Court. Call his campaign at (254) 697-3132 to help him win this race.

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Source: http://thscpac.org/2012/11/justice-vs-good-ole-boys/

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