Courts & rulings
Texas · highest court
Supreme Court of Texas
Elected (partisan)
Chief: Elected directly by voters in a separate statewide partisan election for the Chief Justice position (Place 1); interim vacancies filled by gubernatorial appointment with Senate confirmation.
Justices
All judges & justices →- Jimmy Blacklock
- James P. Sullivan
- Debra Lehrmann
- John P. Devine
- Rebeca Aizpuru Huddle
- Jane Bland
- Kyle D. Hawkins
- J. Brett Busby
- Evan A. Young
Roster as of 2026-06-13.
Constitution of the State of Texas
Adopted 1876. Its declaration of rights sits in Article I (Bill of Rights). This court has the final word on what the Texas constitution means.
Mixed approach
How a state reads its own rights provisions relative to the federal floor, lockstep vs departure.
State-court structure and selection methods are from official and reference sources; the justice roster is point-in-time. Civibrief carries each state's highest court (lower state courts are out of scope for now).