Cultist Texas Supreme Court Justice Under Fire Over His Guardianship Of Republican Megadonor With Dementia

October 25, 2024 Christianists, Trump cultists

The Texas Tribune reports:

In January 2022, Elvie Kingston’s dementia took a turn for the worse. The 76-year-old millionaire and longtime conservative activist was declared by a doctor to be partially incapacitated, after which she signed legal documents that removed her family’s right to make decisions about her health and finances.

Two years later, those powers remain almost entirely in the hands of a state Supreme Court justice and his wife. Justice John Devine has said Kingston is essentially family. In public political appearances, he’s described their relationship as loving — like mother and son — and said he and others helped rescue Kingston “from a really dire situation.”

But legal experts say Devine’s control of Kingston’s trust is a clear violation of Texas ethics rules that prohibit judges from overseeing the trust or estates of non-family. The arrangement gives the Devines broad control over Kingston’s personal, financial and medical decisions — despite objections from Kingston’s niece and three of her friends, who say she was once close with the Devines but, in the years before her mental health declined, made it clear that she didn’t like or trust them.

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Devine last appeared here in April 2024 when he flatly declared that “Democrats will cheat” in this year’s election. Devine was first elected to the Texas Supreme Court in 2012 on a platform that boasted about his 37 arrests at anti-abortion protests. He appeared here in December 2023 when he denied an emergency abortion for a woman whose fetus had a fatal defect. He first appeared here in 2017 when he issued a minority opinion against same-sex spousal benefits for Texas residents because marriage is meant for “procreation.” 



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