Dear God, why does the Texas Supreme Court suck so much?

Here’s a commentary written by The Editorial Board of the Austin American Statesman denouncing a Texas Supreme Court decision overturning a verdict against members of a church in Colleyville. A jury’s original decision awarded $188,000 to a young women who claimed she was held down and restrained for four hours because she was believed to be possessed by a demon. The court’s ruling was based on the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment right of freedom from religous oppression. Why does the author of the this commentary appear to make more sense than the Texas Supreme Court? That’s what I want to know. Among several good points being made, the author points to the obvious conclusion that based upon the court’s ruling, obeying the law is optional as long as one’s actions are based within the realm of religion. I agree 100% with the position this editorial takes. This is an absolutely ridiculous decision the TSC has handed down. Who knows what the real reason is behind 6 of the 9 justices voting in favor of the church. I think it is quite obvious that it is not logic. There is a funny comment to the editorial posted by the pseudonym “Not gullible” placing blame not on the church, but on the parents and praising the decision. While, yes, I believe that some of the responsibility lies in the hands of the young lady’s parents (she was 17 when the incident took place), people must be held responsible for their own actions. By attending a church, in no way are you signing off on the possibility of having an exorcism attempted on you. The members of the church are directly responsible for the events that took place, because those events were their own actions. It’s not rocket science, I promise. A few quotes from Justice David Medina, who was among the three justices who voted in favor of reason and logic were included in the article that I found to coincide with the honest resolution to this case. This decision by the Texas Supreme Court is quite interesting and leads one was ponder: “what the hell is going on up there?”.

Trust your vote to a machine?

So apparently there is a problem with the electronic devices Travis County is using to record the votes of its citizens. This article from The Austin Chronicle reports that U.S. 5th District Court of Appeals has upheld a prior decision denying the Texas Democratic Party’s request that Hart InterCivic’s eSlate machine be fixed or taken out of circulation for use in elections held in Texas. According to the TDP, the Austin-based company’s machine has a glitch that will void the voter’s selection when selecting a straight ballot, as well as a selecting the name of a particular candidate. Another article I found indicates that the court’s reason for the decision is based on the fact that the fine print at the beginning of the voting process on the machines and the summarization at the end displaying the finished product of the ballot give the voter ample opportunity to vote effectively. A recount in Madison country brought light to this matter when an “inordinately high number” of ballots were left blank.
It seems pretty obvious to me that there is room for error here. The Texas Democratic Party is merely asking that a problem resulting in a discrepancy between voters and votes be mended. And I am left asking myself, “what on earth could be more important that solving such a pitiful problem?” Are they saving money by not doing so? Is one party actually gaining some kind of advantage with this? It doesn’t make sense. I’d love for someone to explain this one to me…... Anyone??