Texas government

Treat this discussion board as if it were a short essay. Your response must be at least 500 words in total. Answer the following three questions.
(1) In Texas, judges are elected. The Governor only appoints judges if a vacancy occurs before an election can occur. Judges are supposed to be impartial,
so do you think it is possible to have an impartial judge who is a declared constituent of a political party, or do you think judges should be appointed instead
to maintain impartiality? Explain your answer.
(2) While Texas government is typically separate from the federal government, Texas has appeared many times in United States laws or Supreme Court
decisions. For example, the Supreme Court case of Sweatt v. Painter in 1950, which involved UT Austin, is considered one of the cases that opened the door
for desegregation in 1954 with Brown v. Board of Education. Read about the Sweatt v. Painter case HERE and explain how Texas' government and politics
can impact the United States as a whole. Feel free to include other examples, and if you are interested in other Supreme Court cases involving Texas, I
recommend Lucas Powe Jr.'s America's Lone Star Constitution.
(3) Texans’ traditional focus on retributive justice has resulted in extraordinarily high incarceration rates and record-number death penalty sentences. While
there is much debate on what needs to be done to fix Texas' criminal justice system, most people tend to agree at least some criminal justice reform is
needed. Some proposed examples include banning privatized prisons, legalizing marijuana, changing the standard that determines mental competency for
trial or the death penalty, proposing bail reform, and much more. Putting aside your personal or political opinions on these topics, how can improving our
criminal justice system (whether by the above-mentioned means or other ones not listed) benefit all Texans as a whole? Explain your answer.
This is more of a discussion board