I just don't understand why such wonderful local lawyers must be represented by someone in Dallas. Is that where the good lawyers are?

so coppedge is a crazy doctor, with no offiical standing in the party and has been sued multiple times for malpractice. why would anyone listen to someone like that in the first place. isn't that the equavilent of some nut picking at a polling place? and i object to tyler's comment about the party being racist in voting out people with latino last names considering the "flores" received the majority of the votes in the dist 17 race to run against chet.

I've heard that one should never get in a public argument with a newspaper that buys ink by the barrel... I've never heard this, but believe it anyway, that one should never agitate a lawyer or a judge. Never works out well. Also..never complain or anger someone who is cooking your meal....that usually doesn't work out too well either.

yes Tom Gray got caught on video snooping.

Can someone tell me who Tom Gray is?

Why does this Coppedge guy care so much about what is going on here in McLennan County? Does it affect him or his practice?

Who has James Wiley' estate? Where do we find that information?

Is Tom Gray the crazy judge that got in trouble for snooping thru the offices? Who is Tom GraY?

It doesnt matter because Judge Gray will have several opponents come 2012

Let's face it. Republicans just don't accept people with Latino last names. Lots of other Hispanic GOP officeholders lost yesterday too. Reyna, who's been a good Republican for a long time, no longer has a home in an extreme right wing party.

Coppedge sent out negative letters to all republicans and the idiots fell for it. This is his hobby do some research on him. Same way Obama got elected is the same way Scoggins got elected. Thanks alot Tom Gray

Fact of the matter why do you need Coppedge to send out negative letters regarding Judge Reyna if Scoggins is such a great guy. Scoggins will be Tom Gray's rubber stamp. Good luck to all who go before them

Coppedge is best friends with Judge Gray and Judge Scoggins. They are all hunting buddies imagine that.

People if you dont understand the law please dont comment. Coppedge is an old bitter doctor who was sued by many patients for malpractice. Why would a doctor from Longview Texas be concerned about a race in our county? research people before you judge.

Jack, Coppedge claimed to know Reyna's entire record ("upon sober reflection of Reyna's entire public record", or something to that effect), so you tell us if it's malice for him to say that Reyna "usually rules for criminal defendants" when he did so only about five percent of the time, according to this story.

So Truth Squad, there is proof that Coppedge meant actual malice by knowingly making false statements or had reckless disregard for the truth? Plus it can easily be argued that "reveal a pattern" is used to create a hyperbole. And I believe the absence of hyperbole being a big part of the opinion that case, that shouldn't apply here.

The Republicans are fighting among themselves and using dirty tricks. Good!

Jack, you don't know the law. The US Supreme Court, in the Milkovich case (1990), and the Texas Supreme Court, in the Bentley case (2002), held that an opinion, like any other statement, can be actionable in defamation if it expressly or impliedly asserts facts that can be objectively verified. Defamation and First Amendment law used to distinguish between statements of opinion and statements of fact, but the law changed in 1990. Thus, the law now does not distinguish between "In my opinion, Jack is a liar," and "Jack is a liar." The use of "in my opinion" doesn't protect anyone. You cannot avoid libel just by adding "in my opinion." You also cannot avoid liability for libel by making supposedly anonymous comments on a website like this. With a subpoena, a person can get your email and IP addresses and/or URL.

I personally do not know Felipe Reyna and can not write my actual opinion(liable for law suit). So I only have my memory of what he was like years ago when he was District Attorney, and it wasn't favorable.

When he was D.A.,he threw out a murder case and let the perp walk. The victim was a friend of mine.I'll never forgive that.

Sueing over an opinion? No wonder he lost. He doesn't know the law himself. Luckily, he can put aside his feelings to be impartial.

“The reversed cases, in my opinion, reveal a pattern of usually ruling for the defendant in criminal cases and the plaintiff in civil cases,” It is a statement of opinion not fact. He even says so in the quote. I guess Judge Reyna missed the 1st Admendment on everyone having the right to their opinion. No wonder he gets overruled. Reyna can't even figure out the 1st Admendment he, then he shouldn't be dedicing it for the state.

A good man would pick himself up dust himself off and get back to work. A lawyer sues...

I'm delighted to see this case pursued. In fact, one of its kind is long overdue and more should be filed. "Public figure" status should not allow anyone a sheltered right to intentionally defame and abase another. Such exemption is a primary reason that our politics has become something of a cesspool where deceit and prevarication are allowed without penalty of any form. My comments are not directed strictly or specifically at the Reyna case but rather apply to the broad spectrum of political activity. Free speech, even political in nature, should not exempt a person from being held responsible for the accuracy of that speech nor the damages arising from inaccurate commentary, particularly when it is intentionally offered. It is for a court to determine the facts in the Reyna case. It is for American citizens to clean up our political arena and the fruit it bears.

Only thing positive from yesterday's joke of a Texas repub primary is that they got rid of this looney tune. Judges are to be seen and not heard, this Reyna clown is not judge material.

If Justice can still flow down like waters (even with years of Republican gaming of the judicial system--in terms of limiting access of citizens to the courts, in terms of limiting accountability for personal mis-deeds, and in terms of putting Republican ideologues in place as judges)-- then folks who slander a good man like Judge Felipe Reyna will be made to pay personally. Citzens of Waco (in particular those who follow Republican talking points) should be ashamed. If only for being stupid enough to let political loci of authority migrate from the community. Dumb--D.U.M.-type-dumb

Waco has been blessed to have Felipe Reyna serve us. A fair and honest man, Judge Reyna has consistently shown his integrity, good judgement and character in every decision he has handed down. Waco is losing a fine judge.

Is Judge Reyna whining?.... Waco needs a makeover in the justice system, city council, and everything in between.