In the midst of election season, a new court ruling reminds Texas judges that ethical rules prohibit them from endorsing other candidates—no matter what office these candidates seek.

A special court of review has publicly admonished Burnet County Judge James Oakley for endorsing a candidate running for the Pedernales Electric Cooperative. Although that position doesn’t actually count as a “public office,” which the state’s ethics rules prohibit judges from endorsing, Oakley’s sanction came from another rule violation for lending the prestige of his judicial title to serve the private interests of the other candidate.

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