Jerry Simoneaux

The Hidden Trap: How CPRC Section 30.012 Undermines Remote Testimony in Texas Courts A cautionary tale for practitioners navigating the intersection of statutory requirements and procedural rules

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07.07.2025 14:58 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Come find out the truth about bonds, crime, and the Constitution. What we’ve been told is not what’s happening. Get the facts and form your own opinion.

09.06.2025 10:27 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The Tip-ocalypse is Upon Us: A Nation Held Hostage by the Gratuity Screen Or "Your Total is $8.75. Would You Like to Add a 95% Tip or Just Feel Like a Monster?"

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08.05.2025 22:01 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Texas's Proposed Statutory Construction Bills: Implications for Judicial Interpretation I offer this analysis pursuant to Canon 4 B(1) of the Texas Code of Judicial Conduct, which expressly permits judges to "speak, write, lecture, teach and participate in extra-judicial activities conce...

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13.03.2025 23:45 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The New Executive Order on English: Symbolic Politics with Real-World Echoes of Louisiana's Past Lessons learned from Louisiana's 1921 English-only Constitutional amendment and how it nearly erased my own family's native language and culture.

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07.03.2025 01:06 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The Death of Living Constitutionalism? Why Pluralism Still Matters The Case for Justice Breyer's Pluralistic Constitutional Interpretation

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27.02.2025 20:52 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Attended the State of the Judiciary Address in Austin today by Chief Justice Blacklock.
#TexasJudiciary #JudicialService

26.02.2025 19:25 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Jerry Simoneaux on Substack As a Harris County judge and member of the LGBTQ community, I feel compelled to address recent events that raise important questions about the relationship between our public institutions and the dive...

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31.01.2025 12:26 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

19.01.2025 22:36 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Learning ethics can be fun! Congratulations Reneè Lovelace, Lindsey Drake, and James Rainey—2024 Ethics Jeopardy Champions!

-National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys | Texas Chapter magazine, Fall/Winter 2024.

18.12.2024 00:30 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Continuing a tradition of about 25 years, Probate Court 1 staff celebrated the holidays together at Brennan’s. We am so lucky to work with such fantastic folks!

11.12.2024 21:11 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Excited to be invited back for a third year to present “You Be The Judge” at the Fiduciary Litigation Conference in San Antonio. It’s a fun, interactive game where audience members act as judge to rule on evidence and procedural matters. Winners receive the highly-coveted YBTJ trophies!

06.12.2024 13:24 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

This is an open letter to my staff for Thanksgiving. Public service is a calling that requires dedication, integrity, and an unwavering commitment to justice. This Thanksgiving, I am deeply grateful for our court staff, who answer this call every day with exceptional professionalism and care.

27.11.2024 13:52 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

In my Happy Place - Procida, Italy, 2021

17.11.2024 01:05 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Brizo loves her little lamb.

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