Mary Lou Keel
Republican | Texas
Candidate Profile
Uncontested
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Mary Lou Keel
Party
Republican
Election Year
2022
Election
Primary
Race
Judge, Court of Crim. Appeals, Place 2
Incumbent
Yes
Links
EDUCATION
University of Houston Law Center, Houston, JD, 1985
University of Texas, Austin, BA, 1982
WORK & MILITARY
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AFFILIATIONS
Village Republican Women, Member, Texas State Rifle Association
Member, National Rifle Association, Member
Federalist Society, Member, Red State Women
Member, contributor, Houston Volunteer Lawyer Project, Volunteer interpreter
Houston Bar Association, Member, contributor, Houston Read Commission
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
Judge, 232nd District Court, 21
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
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Race
Previous Races
ENDORSEMENTS
CONSERVATIVE (1)
Conservative Coalition of Harris County TX
OTHER (1)
HRBC, Houston's Premier Business Coalition
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (8)
Local, County, and District Republican Organizations (2016)
Red State Women PAC (2014)
Republican Women's Organizations (2021)
State Republican Party Organizations (2021)
Ted Cruz (2013)
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (4)
Local, County, and District Republican Organizations (2016)
Republican Women's Organizations (2016)
Terry M. Keel (2016)
Texas Tea Party groups (2016)
OTHER INFORMATION
QUESTIONNAIRE
VALUES
I agree with Critical Race Theory (CRT) which asserts that the institutions in the United States are fundamentally racist.
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Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality that is necessary for our system of limited government.
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Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
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What types of pro bono work have you done?
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ABOUT YOU
Have you ever been convicted of a felony or been penalized in either civil or criminal court for sexual misconduct? If so, please explain.
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What education or experience qualifies you to hold the office for which you seek election?
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Why should the voters choose you?
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JUDICIAL PHILOSOPHY
Justices should not interpret the federal and state constitutions as living documents, but should use a textualist and originalist approach to interpretation.
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What is the proper use of legislative history in interpreting statutory law?
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Which current or past U.S. Supreme Court justice best reflects your judicial philosophy?
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How should a court address the balance between public health and individual freedoms in the time of a pandemic?
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In light of the case Bostock v. Clayton County, in which the U.S. Supreme Court interpreted the 1964 Civil Rights Act to include a prohibition on sexual-orientation discrimination, which justice’s opinion most closely aligns with your own opinion?
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What role (if any) does a judge have in maintaining the separation of church and state?
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Religious liberty is at risk in the United States and deserves the highest level of protection in the law.
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When should a judge overturn past court decisions?
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How should a judge determine which rights are protected by the Constitution even though they are not specifically mentioned?
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What legal principles should a court consider when evaluating parents’ objection to their child obtaining medical procedures or drugs designed to affirm the child’s desired gender?
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What principles should guide a court’s analysis of whether your state’s constitution gives terminally ill patients a right to assisted suicide?
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Would you describe your judicial philosophy as originalist, living constitutionalist, or something else?
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