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* ''Hensley v. State Comm'n on Jud. Conduct'', 692 S.W.3d 184, [https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=4865454919474533790#p208 208] (Tex. 2024) (J. Blacklock, concurring) ("If the Judicial Conduct Commission is correct—that is, if ''Obergefell'' ushered in an era in which judges who publicly espouse traditional Christian beliefs are unfit for the robe—then yet another deeply rooted constitutional principle . . . . Judge Hensley has been the target of a punitive administrative apparatus with the power, ultimately, to exclude her from holding office. This has happened 'on account of [her] religious sentiments'—not on account of rude or insulting or unprofessional words or actions towards anybody of any sexual orientation.")
* ''Hensley v. State Comm'n on Jud. Conduct'', 692 S.W.3d 184, [https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=4865454919474533790#p208 208] (Tex. 2024) (Blacklock, concurring) ("If the Judicial Conduct Commission is correct—that is, if ''Obergefell'' ushered in an era in which judges who publicly espouse traditional Christian beliefs are unfit for the robe—then yet another deeply rooted constitutional principle . . . . Judge Hensley has been the target of a punitive administrative apparatus with the power, ultimately, to exclude her from holding office. This has happened 'on account of [her] religious sentiments'—not on account of rude or insulting or unprofessional words or actions towards anybody of any sexual orientation.")


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