“Do Judges Systematically Favor the Interests of the Legal Profession?”įinally (via Lattman), some legal scholarship that promises potent explanatory and predictive value, in the form of a forthcoming Alabama Law Review article by University of Tennessee lawprof Benjamin Barton: And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers, and you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee." Blessed is he that shepherds the weak from the valley of darkness for he is truly his brother's keeper, and the finder of lost children. Vela United States Courthouse.Īctuary "Ezekial 25:17 - The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequites of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Bush signed a bill designating the United States Courthouse and Federal Building constructed in 2001 at Sixth and Harrison Streets, Brownsville as the Reynaldo G. He was survived by his wife, Blanca Sanchez Vela who for a period served as mayor of Brownsville, three children, and three grandchildren. On Apat age 68, he died from stomach cancer in Harlingen. His character was once best described as "a bear-a grizzly on the bench, but of the teddy bear variety in everyday life." He was honored as a TSC Distinguished Alumnus in 1998 and by having a middle school in Brownsville named in his honor.
Judge Vela taped more than 200 radio programs stressing the value of an education, encouraging children to stay in school, and promoting literacy programs." He was a mentor to many in the legal profession. In summarizing his 29 years of judicial service he was characterized as "a fair but strict judge…" He served as such until the year 2000 when he retired and received senior status yet continued to sit on the bench until 2004. He served in this capacity for five years before President Jimmy Carter nominated him as a federal judge in 1980 to fill the seat vacated by Judge Reynaldo Garza. Returning home he entered into the private practice of law, served on the Brownsville City Commission from 1971 to 1973, then in 1975 he took office as a state judge in the 107th Judicial District for Cameron and Willacy Counties. Mary's University Law School, San Antonio where he received a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree in 1962. He went on to the University of Texas at Austin but postponed his studies to serve in the United States Army, 1957-1959. Following his graduation from Harlingen High School in 1954, Vela enrolled in Texas Southmost College, Brownsville, an institution which five of his brothers were also to attend. His father operated a small grocery store and was a notary public. His mother died when he was 11-years old. He was the eighth of nine children of Maria Luisa and Roberto Vela, Sr. Filemon Bartolome Vela, jurist, was born in Harlingen, Texas.
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