Allen West leads drive for Texas-style remedy for soft-on-crime judges: impeachment

Retired Lt. Col. Allen West, former congressman and Texas gubernatorial candidate, is among those leading calls to impeach district judges in Texas who repeatedly released offenders on bond, only to see them commit more violent crimes.

The movement in the Lone Star State, if successful, could eventually serve as a model in other states and Washington D.C. as lawmakers look for solutions to the wave of violent crime, police defunding and releases of rapists, murderers, child molesters and violent criminals sweeping the country.  

The Texas cause got a jolt recently when a civil rights attorney sued after a young Latino woman was murdered. He named 26 judges and magistrates for releasing repeat offenders into the community. 

Chuck DeVore, vice president of national initiatives at the Texas Public Policy Foundation and a former California state assemblyman, is calling for the impeachment of two judges for violating the Texas Constitution in attempting to block absconding House Democrats from being arrested.