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TSCHS Winter 2019 Correct.Pdf Columns Leads Embarking on a Journey of Research By Hon. Jason Boatright Message from the President America’s Forgotten Freedom: Why were there By Marcy Hogan Greer The Development, Meaning, and different versions of the In November, we preamble to the Texas held the Great War Significance of the Petition Clause Constitution? Which Commemoration in the By Chad Baruch version was correct? Historic Supreme Court Nestled quietly Were there different Research resulted Courtroom in honor of versions of other parts in an exhibition at at the end of the the Bob Bullock the 100th anniversary First Amendment, of the Constitution? Texas State of the Armistice that Marcy Hogan the Petition Clause Read more... History Museum Greer ended World War I. appears to the modern Read more... eye “almost like an Stephen F. Austin, imprisoned for Justice Phil Johnson Has Been a afterthought. .” conveying a Executive Director’s Page Read more... petition Guiding Light for Public Service By Hon. Jeff Brown By Sharon Sandle Justice Phil Johnson Each year, the Society And Still He Rose: William A. Price, retired from the Texas sponsors a session Supreme Court on at the Texas State Texas’s First Black Judge and December 31, 2018 Historical Association the Path to a Civil Rights Milestone after 13 years of Annual Meeting. By John G. Browning and distinguished service. Read more... Sharon Sandle Hon. Carolyn Wright Justice Phil Read more... Johnson The history of Texas’s Fellows Column earliest African American lawyers has been, until By David J. Beck recent years, among the We are pleased to most neglected chapters report that our Taming in Texas legal history. Texas project has Read more... Hon. W.A. Price expanded to Dallas and will soon be taught in Houston for the fourth Chief Justice Jack Pope: year. Read more... David J. Beck Common Law Judge and Judicial Legend By Marilyn P. Duncan and Executive Editor’s Page Benjamin L. Mesches By David A. Furlow Chief Justice Jack Pope This issue of the Journal is widely acknowledged examines tools used in the legal community by people who want as one of the Texas more out of life and judiciary’s brightest demand it sooner stars. Read more... Jack Pope as a UT rather than later —often law graduate David A. Furlow through a petition or a remonstrance. Read more... News & Events Spring Board and Members Meeting to Lynne Liberato Gives Keynote Address Be Held at San Felipe de Austin Museum at Naturalization Ceremony In Memoriam: By David A. Furlow Former TSCHS Society Justice C. L. Ray, Jr., 1931-2018 Plan now to attend the President Lynne By Osler McCarthy meeting of the Society’s Liberato presented Retired Justice C.L. Ray Board of Trustees the keynote address Jr., a progressive who and Members at the to new Americans served on the Texas San Felipe de Austin at a naturalization Supreme Court for 10 Museum and Visitors’ ceremony in Houston in Lynne Liberato Center on March 28, Statue outside December. Read more... years, died December 9, the Visitor’s Justice 2018. Read more... 2019. Read more... Center C. L. Ray, Jr. Membership & More Great War Commemoration Society Cosponsors Supreme Court Calendar of Events a Great Success History and Procedure Course By David A. Furlow By Lynne Liberato Officers, Trustees & Court Liaison Our Society’s Great War and Richard Orsinger Commemoration took In conjunction with the 2018-19 Membership Upgrades place on November State Bar, the Society 14, 2018 in the Historic will sponsor the Texas 2018-19 New Member List Supreme Courtroom in Supreme Court: History Join the Society the Capitol. Read more... Guests filled & Current Practice every seat Course in Austin on Texas Law Visit the Society on Twitter and Facebook! Friday, April 12, 2019. Center, site for Texas Constitutionalism: Read more... the course @SCOTXHistSocy TSHA 2019 Annual Meeting FB: Texas Supreme Court Historical Society By David A. Furlow Texas Appellate Hall of Fame Inducts The Society will present © 2019 Texas Supreme Court Historical Society a panel on “The History Six New Members of Texas’s Constitutions, By Marilyn P. Duncan 1827 and Beyond” at the Six new honorees were inducted Texas State Historical posthumously into the Texas Appellate Association (TSHA) Hall of Fame last fall: Chief Justice 123rd Annual Meeting. TSHA logo Carlos C. Cadena, Chief Justice Clarence Read more... A. Guittard, Chief Justice Adele Hedges, Justice Shirley W. Butts, appellate practitioner Charles Lunn Black, Sr., and appellate practitioner Hobart Price, Sr. Read more... photo credit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_assembly#/media/File:Janitor_strike_santa_monica.jpg Message from the President Marcy Hogan Greer n November, we held the Great War Commemoration in the Historic Supreme Court ICourtroom in honor of the 100th anniversary of the Armistice that ended World War I. We honored the eight Texas Supreme Court Justices, two Court of Criminal Appeals Judges, and three Governors who served in the Great War. The speakers included Justice Paul Green, Justice Jeff Brown, Judge Mark Davidson, Bryan Garner, David Furlow, Governor Beauford Jester’s granddaughter, Alice Jester Berry, and Warren Harris. The tributes were so inspiring and moving. A video of the entire program can be found here: https://www. youtube.com/watch?v=RBrvyBXcGSI. David Furlow has provided a detailed account of the program, including many photos, in this issue of the Journal. The Co-Chairs really delivered an incredible program: Judge Mark Davidson shared his research about the Great War at the National World War I Museum and Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri and explained why the Great War still matters. David Furlow presented a beautifully illustrated PowerPoint describing the lives and accomplishments of the judicial honorees. Judge Davidson followed with a similarly fabulous presentation on the three governors whom we honored. Bryan Garner shared a priceless recording of his grandfather, Texas Supreme Court Justice Meade Griffin, talking about his feelings about leaving his family to serve in the war. Alice Jester Berry honored her grandfather, Governor Beauford Jester, with a beautiful tribute. We are also grateful to all the librarians, archivists, and others who helped track down the justices’ and governors’ service records and photos in various archives and shared them at a World War I-themed reception following the program at the Texas Law Center. This past December, we also paid tribute to Justice Phil Johnson, who retired from the Supreme Court of Texas after more than 13 years of service. Justice Johnson also served as Chief Justice on the Seventh Court of Appeals in Amarillo before joining the Supreme Court. He leaves a long legacy of service to Texas, both as a highly respected jurist and a decorated Air Force fighter pilot. We will miss his smile, his warm and gracious demeanor, and thoughtful words. And we hope that he and his lovely wife Carla will stay in close touch with the Court and the Society. A video of remarks both from and about Justice Johnson on the occasion of his retirement can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGg2ZADmxAY&feature=youtu.be. We look forward to a lively Spring, with our Board of Trustees’ meeting “taking a roadtrip” on March 28 to the San Felipe de Austin Historic Site, where Stephen F. Austin established a headquarters for his colony in Mexican Texas in 1823. This colonial capital was burned during 1 the Runaway Scrape as Sam Houston’s volunteer forces moved eastward after the fall of the Alamo to their ultimate victory at San Jacinto. It should be an inspiring venue for us to conduct the Society’s business and make plans for its future. We will also present what promises to be another stellar program at the Texas State Historical Association’s annual meeting. Former Chief Justice Manuel González Oropeza of the Mexican Federal Election Court will speak about the 1827 Constitution of Coahuila y Tejas, Bill Chriss will discuss the six constitutions of Texas from 1836 to 1876, and our Executive Director, Sharon Sandle, will serve as Commentator. The program is Thursday, February 28, 2019, from 9-10:30 am at the Omni Shoreline Hotel in Corpus Christi. Thank you to our Program Coordinator Extraordinaire, David Furlow, for putting together this blue-ribbon panel. On April 12, the Society will present its biannual History of Texas Jurisprudence CLE program at the Texas Law Center. Lynne Liberato and Richard Orsinger are organizing the program, which includes presentations by Chief Justice Nathan Hecht, Justices Jeff Brown and Jimmy Blacklock, and Court Clerk Blake Hawthorne. See the news announcement in this issue of the Journal for more details. The Society’s Fellows continue to support the Taming Texas Judicial Civics and Court History Project for seventh-grade Texas history students. Our third Taming Texas book is coming out later this year, and we eagerly await its publication. In conjunction with TexasBarBooks, we also look forward to copublishing a book edited by William D. Elliott that will not only chronicle the development of the State Bar, but also provide a history of the practice of law in Texas. I invite you to take advantage of the educational opportunities available to you as a member of the Society. This spring’s TSHA and CLE programs are a great place to start—I hope to see you there. MARCY HOGAN GREER is a partner in the appellate boutique of Alexander Dubose Jefferson & Townsend in Austin, Texas. Return to Journal Index 2 Executive Director’s Page A Thriving Educational Mission Sharon Sandle “The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty.” ― James Madison “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” ― Nelson Mandela he mission of the Texas Supreme Court Historical Society is not merely to Tpreserve the history of the Texas Supreme Court but, “[t]hrough research and scholarship, the Society educates the public about the judicial branch and its role in the development of Texas.” The educational mission of the Society is always reflected in the thoughtful and scholarly articles that appear in the TSCHS Journal, but the journal is only one of many educational initiatives undertaken by the Society.
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