Re-Elect Judge Scott Walker for the Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 5

Judge Scott Walker currently serves on the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, the State’s highest criminal court.  His son, Justice Brian Walker, serves on the Second Court of Appeals in Fort Worth.  So there are presently two appellate judges in the Walker family.   Judge Walker was born and raised in Texas.  He and his wife, a sixth generation Texan, both descend from a long line of conservatives, and both have been conservative Republicans all their adult lives.  They have been married for 47 years.  Scott and his wife are evangelical Christians and are active members in their Dallas area church.

Judge Scott Walker graduated with honors from Dallas Baptist University.  He received his Juris Doctorate from Baylor School of Law.  Judge Walker is a member of the State Bar of Texas and the Texas Bar College, an honorary society of lawyers who are among the best trained in Texas.

Prior to serving on the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, Judge Scott Walker’s law practice consisted of civil defense, veteran’s disability, criminal litigation, and appellate advocacy.  Judge Walker had written over one hundred appellate briefs and sat as first chair in more than forty trials in district courts across North Texas, before serving on the Court of Criminal Appeals.  He had a high degree of success in both litigation and appellate advocacy.

As a judge on the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, Judge Scott Walker has diligently upheld the laws of the State of Texas and the United States.  He strongly believes in the separation of powers.  He is ardently opposed to legislation from the bench.  According to Judge Walker, “the role of the judiciary is to uphold the law and sometimes interpret ambiguities in the law, but not to make law.”  As an appellate judge, Judge Scott Walker always adheres to the Constitution.  He strives to ensure that all parties receive a fair and just review of all cases heard at the Court of Criminal Appeals.  Judge Scott Walker diligently performs his duties as a judge with the highest degree of ethics, morals, and values.

In addition to upholding the laws and Constitutions of Texas and the United States, because Judge Walker’s Christian faith is very important to him, he is determined to uphold the laws of God as well.  Two verses that have come to mean a lot to him and which he is committed to following are:

Amos 5:15, “Hate evil, love good, and maintain justice in the courts.”

2 Chronicles 19:6-7, “Consider what you do…for there is no injustice with the Lord our God…”