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What good is great policy if no one votes for it?
Greg Cox
October 29, 2023
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What good is great policy if no one votes for it?
Mr. Rogers demonstrates how a voting machine works in a 1974 episode of Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood. I say we require all elections administrators to wear lab coats.
If good policy is passed at the Legislature, but no one votes to approve it, does it make a noise?
The third and final year at Baylor Law School is a notorious daily gauntlet of trial procedure and evidence called Practice Court. For every Baylor Lawyer, Practice Court is both a wound and a badge.
I’ll never forget the first day of Practice Court. Professor Wren, an approachable but intimidating litigator who arrived to the law school each day at 6:00 a.m. sharp, shared the story of how legendary UCLA basketball coach John Wooden began each season.