With the results of the recent election now in, The Texas Lawbook interviewed leading appellate lawyers about the impact of major shifts from a Democrat-dominated appellate bench to a majority Republican. 

In the article, Mr. Coale notes that one disruption facing the courts and their staff is determining how to handle oral arguments in the final two months of the year that involve outgoing justices. The panel could hear the arguments and hammer out an opinion before the outgoing justice’s term expires, or they could leave the case for their successor to decide, or they could substitute another justice to hear arguments.