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Article One In an article written by Fernando Garzon (2005), titled “Interventions That Apply Scripture In Psychotherapy”, the subject of unethical politics behind the electing of judiciary candidates based on financial power and other terms that would be considered to be a fraud of our countries government if they were to be unearthed or confirmed. Chief Justice Wallace Jefferson states within the abstract of his article that financial power is the central focus of a large number of judicial elections, and his experience with these types of unethical involvements was discovered following his appointment on the Texas Supreme Court, which has personally made him a candidate in three different judicial elections. He lists a detailed conversation between he and a man he dubbed “Mr.Smith” to protect his anonymity. The conversation began well, with Chief Wallace simply asking for campaign support in his upcoming election, and the man proceeding to agree that while he had no intention of becoming involved with the judges’ campaign, that he supports it. After stating that Mr. Smith has been present in his courtroom a number of times, the judge then asks for Mr. Smith’s financial support for his ongoing campaign to be elected as judge, which Mr. Smith reluctantly agrees to. Jefferson uses this as a prime example of how power and finances both play influential roles within the world of judiciary politics, and that there …show more content…
The article goes on to explain how differences in perspective, such as independence from more common judicial views, can be detrimental in the election of a specific

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