John Washington III Asks Why State Judges Overlook the U.S. Constitution, and Says the People Deserve Judges Who Put the Constitution First
Presidential candidate John Washington III is raising a conflict-of-interest charge against the courts: state judges are bound by the U.S. Constitution, he argues, yet people walk into court again and again feeling their constitutional rights never get a fair look - and he asks whether loyalty to an office has replaced loyalty to the people.
John Washington III framed the issue as a conflict of interest. State judges are bound by the U.S. Constitution, he wrote, and in Texas they also swear to uphold the state constitution - but too often, he said, people feel the constitution that should come first gets overlooked. "I'm asking why," John Washington III wrote.
"I'm asking why people walk into court again and again and feel their constitutional rights don't get a fair look," John Washington III wrote. "I'm asking why outcomes can feel pre-decided. I'm asking why loyalty to an office seems to matter more than loyalty to the people."
"They ask for your vote, then serve their office instead of the people," John Washington III wrote. "That's not justice. That's not acceptable."
"The people deserve judges who put the constitution and the people first," John Washington III wrote, signing the statement with his name and his 2028 presidential candidacy.
