Why are there 254 constitutional county courts in the State of Texas?
A) Under the law establishing these courts, the Texas Legislature set a cap of 254 statewide for the courts in 1929, a number which was reached just after the start of the Korean War
B) The Texas Constitution establishes one such court in each of the 254 counties
C) The Texas Supreme Court, acting as the chief administrative body of the Texas judicial
System, authorized the creation of 254 of these courts
D) Under their home-rule authority, 209 counties have added constitutional county courts to the 45 courts established by the Constitution
E) The Texas Supreme Court ruled that under the equal protection clause, constitutional county courts must be distributed evenly according to the 254 Census tracts that comprise Texas
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