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Steven Wayne Smith (born October 26, 1961), is a Republican former Texas Supreme Court associate justice, who was defeated for renomination in 2004 through the active opposition of Governor Rick Perry. He was unseated by Paul W. Green. Smith again lost – very narrowly – a bid for nomination to the court in the March 7, 2006, GOP primary, when Perry again opposed his candidacy. Smith did not file to run in the March 4, 2008, Republican primary for the high court. Smith served on the high Texas court from November 2002 through January 2005. He is known for his conservative judicial philosophy and opposition to racial quotas. A fifth-generation Texan, Smith was reared in Everman south of Fort Worth. He attended the University of Texas at Arlington, where he received a B.B.A. in finance, the first member of his extended family to have graduated from college. Smith attended the University of Texas Law School, where he concentrated on federal law. He graduated with honors in 1986.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=State Bar of Texas: Steven Wayne Smith )〕 After graduation, Smith worked as a bill analyst for the Texas Senate and as a staff attorney, first for the Office of the Texas Secretary of State and then for the Texas Legislative Council. He spent three years at the legislative council and worked on redistricting issues and judicial selection. There he met his wife, the former Susan Hunter, who was also on the legal staff.〔 “My judicial philosophy probably comes as much from working at the legislature as from anything. ... I developed a real appreciation for what goes into making public policy. The legislature is the policy-making branch. Courts should defer to the legislature, unless there's a clear constitutional reason" otherwise, said Smith.〔 While he was on the Supreme Court, Smith authored sixteen published opinions, including the court's landmark decision in ''Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services v. Mega Child Care''.〔(''Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services v. Mega Child Care'' )〕 His work was lauded by current Chief Justice Wallace Jefferson. ==''Hopwood v. Texas''== Smith was an attorney in the controversial ''Hopwood v. Texas'' federal court case that struck down affirmative action policies in Texas law school admissions. In the early 1990s, Smith filed a lawsuit against the University of Texas School of Law on behalf of white applicants, including Cheryl Hopwood, who argued they had been denied entry because the school used affirmative action to bolster minority enrollment. The case was decided in favor of the students and Smith later trumpeted that success during his campaigns. Smith's opponents and many newspapers attacked him for this success. His campaign manager, David Rogers, was one of the ''Hopwood'' plaintiffs. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Steven Wayne Smith」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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