In Re Palomo

Rebecca Ramirez Palomo and Fernando Sanchez each applied to the chair of the Webb County Democratic Party to be placed on the general primary election ballot as a candidate for the office of judge of the 341st Judicial District Court. 1 Sanchez requested the chair to declare Ramirez ineligible, 2 asserting that she had not been “a practicing lawyer ... for four (4) years next preceding” this year’s gen eral election, as required by Article V, Section 7 of the Texas Constitution. 3 Specifically, Sanchez contended that Ramirez could not practice law from November 2008 to November 2009, during…