Texas Chief Justice’s Political Frustrations Preceded Bar Rebuke

The State Bar of Texas is taking Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Jimmy Blacklock’s (R) public scolding stoically.

Blacklock warned the State Bar to “remain completely politically neutral” at his first state of the judiciary address on Feb. 26. “The Supreme Court will accept nothing less from the State Bar, and we expect the Bar to live up to that high standard,” he said, offering little in the way of specific concerns. He again declined to elaborate when Bloomberg Law reached him for comment.

Bar president Steve Benesh of Bracewell LLP said in a statement after Blacklock’s speech “We agree ...