Kevin Patrick Yeary
Republican Incumbent
Kevin Patrick Yeary
Republican Incumbent
Candidate for Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 4
About
Has served on the Court of Criminal Appeals since 2014. Previously clerked for Court of Criminal Appeals Judge Bill White (1991–92), practiced civil and criminal defense law, and spent nearly 20 years as an appellate prosecutor with the Dallas, Harris, and Bexar County District Attorneys' Offices. Has argued before the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals and Texas Supreme Court and has prepared briefs for the U.S. Supreme Court.
Conservative Endorsements
Candidate Videos
Survey Responses
Notable Quote
“The courts have no legislative power. They do not make the law.”
Positions on Texas Eagle Forum Legislative Priorities
Secure Our Elections
- DISSENTED FROM RULING THAT THE TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL COULD NOT INDEPENDENTLY PROSECUTE Election Code violations without local-prosecutor authorization. His dissent argued that the Constitution did not make prosecution exclusively a judicial-branch function and emphasized separation of powers and the constitutional text.[1]
Protect Life
National Security
- STRONGLY DISAGREED IN A SURVEY THAT FOREIGN LAWS should be used in American courts when they conflict with constitutional rights.[1]
Other Constitutional Issues
- STATED THAT ONLY THE LEGISLATURE MAKES LAW and that “Opinions Are Not Law.”[1][2]
- DISCUSSED SEPARATION OF POWERS AND ORIGINAL INTENT, and why judges must resist the cultural evolution of words and stick to the original public meaning of a statute.[1][2][3]
- STRONGLY AGREED IN A SURVEY THAT RELIGIOUS LIBERTY deserves the highest level of legal protection.[1]