BRETT BUSBY

Most Texans who need legal services find that they are too expensive. Justice Busby is taking bold action to increase the supply of legal help that people and small businesses can use to tackle common problems at affordable prices. His efforts are driven by a simple belief: everyone, regardless of their bank balance, should have access to our justice system to protect their rights and defend their liberties.

As the Supreme Court’s liaison to the Texas Access to Justice Commission and Foundation, Justice Busby helps lead statewide efforts to expand legal aid and reform outdated, burdensome government regulations that drive up the cost of legal services. These efforts include updating court rules, advocating for legislative changes, creating plain-language court forms, and educating the public about available resources.

I’ve also made it a point to give back to the legal profession and the people I serve. Whether it’s providing pro bono legal help, leading education initiatives, or modernizing court access, I believe this role comes with a duty to help, not just to decide.

One of Justice Busby’s most notable projects is helping to lead the team proposing a new licensing system for legal paraprofessionals and court-access assistants, who will be trained to provide inexpensive, high-quality help with simple legal problems. This innovative policy—which has succeeded in many other states, countries, and industries—promises to make legal services more affordable and accessible in every county across Texas.

When Texans overwhelmingly elected me in 2020, I took an oath to defend the Constitutions and laws of the United States and Texas. I work hard to honor that oath every day, applying our laws faithfully to all who come before the Court—never rewriting those laws from the bench. Every Texan deserves a fair hearing, and every decision must be grounded in the law, not politics, pressure, or personal preference.

When Texans overwhelmingly elected me in 2020, I took an oath to defend the Constitutions and laws of the United States and Texas. I work hard to honor that oath every day, applying our laws faithfully to all who come before the Court—never rewriting those laws from the bench. Every Texan deserves a fair hearing, and every decision must be grounded in the law, not politics, pressure, or personal preference. That’s the approach I’ve taken in every case I’ve heard in my 14 years on the bench. I’m running for re-election to continue building this legacy for my family and yours. From high-stakes constitutional cases to the legal disputes that matter most to individual Texans, my job is to uphold the Constitution, protect individual rights, and ensure justice is applied consistently across our great state. I’ve also made it a point to give back to the legal profession and the people I serve. Whether it’s providing pro bono legal help, leading education initiatives, or modernizing court access, I believe this role comes with a duty to help, not just to decide.

Apply the United States and Texas constitutions and laws faithfully rather than rewrite them from the bench.

• Preserve the candidate's stated judicial-restraint principle.

Ensure every person before the court receives a fair hearing.

• Preserve the universal hearing standard.

Ground judicial decisions in law rather than politics, pressure, or personal preference.

• Preserve all three excluded influences and the legal basis for decisions.

Uphold the United States Constitution and the Texas Constitution in judicial service.

• Preserve both named constitutions.

Protect individual rights when deciding cases before the Texas Supreme Court.

• Preserve the rights-protection duty without inventing a doctrine.

Apply justice consistently across Texas cases and parties.

• Preserve the consistency standard.

Increase the supply of legal help available to people and small businesses for common legal problems at affordable prices.

• Preserve the supply, affordability, and beneficiary objectives.

Ensure people can access the justice system to protect their rights regardless of their bank balance.

• Preserve the equal-access principle and purpose.

As the Supreme Court's liaison to Texas access-to-justice bodies, helped lead statewide efforts to expand legal aid.

• Preserve the campaign-attributed ongoing judicial-administration record.

Helped lead efforts to reform outdated regulations that increase the cost of legal services.

• Preserve the campaign-attributed regulatory-reform record.

Helped update court rules as part of efforts to improve access to affordable legal services.

• Preserve the campaign-attributed court-administration record.

Advocated for legislative changes intended to make legal services more affordable and accessible.

• Preserve the campaign-attributed advocacy record without inventing a bill.

Helped create plain-language court forms to make the legal system easier to navigate.

• Preserve the campaign-attributed completed court-access record.

Helped educate the public about legal-aid and court-access resources.

• Preserve the campaign-attributed public-education record.

Helped lead a proposal for trained legal paraprofessionals and court-access assistants to provide inexpensive help with simple legal problems.

• Preserve the proposed licensing system, covered workers, and service scope.

Helped create Teach Texas, a partnership that sends lawyers and judges into seventh-grade classrooms to teach the Texas court system and legal history.

• Preserve the partnership, participants, audience, and subject matter.

Promote education and transparency as foundations for public confidence in the courts.

• Preserve the stated relationship among transparency, education, and institutional confidence.

Maintain lifelong learning inside and outside the courtroom as a standard of good judging.

• Preserve the candidate's explicit professional principle.