Walker v. Packer

Them that’s got shall get

Them that’s not shall lose

—God Bless The Child1

With a double standard, the majority strikes a devastating blow at the most direct method of curbing abuses of judicial power. Many judicial excesses far beyond the scope of anything alleged in this particular case will henceforth receive only an official nod and wink from the Texas Supreme Court.

Mandamus is the legal tool by which appellate courts can promptly correct arbitrary and capricious rulings by trial judges. Today’s opinion announces that this remedy will be available to support concealment of the truth but not…