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	{{DISPLAYTITLE:Article V of the Texas Constitution}}[[File:~~Texas_Constitution_of_1876_modified~~.jpg\|125px\|border\|right\|Texas Constitution of 1876]]The official title of Article V is "Judicial Department."		{{DISPLAYTITLE:Article V of the Texas Constitution}}[[File:Texas_Constitution_of_1876_Article_1.jpg\|125px\|border\|right\|Texas Constitution of 1876]]The official title of Article V is "Judicial Department."

	The Texas judiciary has two courts of last resort.		The Texas judiciary has two courts of last resort.

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{{DISPLAYTITLE:Article V of the Texas Constitution}}[[File:Texas_Constitution_of_1876_modified.jpg|125px|border|right|Texas Constitution of 1876]]The official title of Article V is "Judicial Department."

The Texas judiciary has two courts of last resort.

The Supreme Court handles civil matters and the Court of Criminal Appeals handles criminal matters.

Note that Oklahoma is the only other state that has two high courts.

Another distinctive feature of the Texas judiciary is that most judges run for office in contested elections.

Efforts to change to another system (e.g., merit selection with retention elections) have always failed.

On TLG, each section of the state constitution has its own page:

*[[Texas Constitution:Article V, Section 1|Article V, Section 1 of the Texas Constitution]]
*[[Texas Constitution:Article V, Section 1-a|Article V, Section 1-a of the Texas Constitution]]
*[[Texas Constitution:Article V, Section 2|Article V, Section 2 of the Texas Constitution]]
*[[Texas Constitution:Article V, Section 3|Article V, Section 3 of the Texas Constitution]]
*[[Texas Constitution:Article V, Section 3a|Article V, Section 3a of the Texas Constitution]]
*[[Texas Constitution:Article V, Section 3-b|Article V, Section 3-b of the Texas Constitution]]
*[[Texas Constitution:Article V, Section 3-c|Article V, Section 3-c of the Texas Constitution]]
*[[Texas Constitution:Article V, Section 4|Article V, Section 4 of the Texas Constitution]]
*[[Texas Constitution:Article V, Section 5|Article V, Section 5 of the Texas Constitution]]
*[[Texas Constitution:Article V, Section 5a|Article V, Section 5a of the Texas Constitution]]
*[[Texas Constitution:Article V, Section 5b|Article V, Section 5b of the Texas Constitution]]
*[[Texas Constitution:Article V, Section 6|Article V, Section 6 of the Texas Constitution]]
*[[Texas Constitution:Article V, Section 7|Article V, Section 7 of the Texas Constitution]]
*[[Texas Constitution:Article V, Section 7a|Article V, Section 7a of the Texas Constitution]]
*[[Texas Constitution:Article V, Section 8|Article V, Section 8 of the Texas Constitution]]
*[[Texas Constitution:Article V, Section 9|Article V, Section 9 of the Texas Constitution]]
*[[Texas Constitution:Article V, Section 10|Article V, Section 10 of the Texas Constitution]]
*[[Texas Constitution:Article V, Section 11|Article V, Section 11 of the Texas Constitution]]
*[[Texas Constitution:Article V, Section 12|Article V, Section 12 of the Texas Constitution]]
*[[Texas Constitution:Article V, Section 13|Article V, Section 13 of the Texas Constitution]]
*[[Texas Constitution:Article V, Section 14|Article V, Section 14 of the Texas Constitution]]
*[[Texas Constitution:Article V, Section 15|Article V, Section 15 of the Texas Constitution]]
*[[Texas Constitution:Article V, Section 16|Article V, Section 16 of the Texas Constitution]]
*[[Texas Constitution:Article V, Section 16a|Article V, Section 16a of the Texas Constitution]]
*[[Texas Constitution:Article V, Section 17|Article V, Section 17 of the Texas Constitution]]
*[[Texas Constitution:Article V, Section 18|Article V, Section 18 of the Texas Constitution]]
*[[Texas Constitution:Article V, Section 19|Article V, Section 19 of the Texas Constitution]]
*[[Texas Constitution:Article V, Section 20|Article V, Section 20 of the Texas Constitution]]
*[[Texas Constitution:Article V, Section 21|Article V, Section 21 of the Texas Constitution]]
*[[Texas Constitution:Article V, Section 22|Article V, Section 22 of the Texas Constitution]]
*[[Texas Constitution:Article V, Section 23|Article V, Section 23 of the Texas Constitution]]
*[[Texas Constitution:Article V, Section 24|Article V, Section 24 of the Texas Constitution]]
*[[Texas Constitution:Article V, Section 25|Article V, Section 25 of the Texas Constitution]]
*[[Texas Constitution:Article V, Section 26|Article V, Section 26 of the Texas Constitution]]
*[[Texas Constitution:Article V, Section 27|Article V, Section 27 of the Texas Constitution]]
*[[Texas Constitution:Article V, Section 28|Article V, Section 28 of the Texas Constitution]]
*[[Texas Constitution:Article V, Section 29|Article V, Section 29 of the Texas Constitution]]
*[[Texas Constitution:Article V, Section 30|Article V, Section 30 of the Texas Constitution]]
*[[Texas Constitution:Article V, Section 31|Article V, Section 31 of the Texas Constitution]]
*[[Texas Constitution:Article V, Section 32|Article V, Section 32 of the Texas Constitution]]

[[Category:Texas Constitution]]
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[[Category:By Steve Smith]]
[[Category:TxCon ArtV]]
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Texas Constitution:Article V - Revision history

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