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Don Willett

There is a profound difference between an activist judge and an engaged judge.

– Don Willett

Don Willett

If legislators come to believe that police power is an ever-present constitutional trump card they can play whenever it suits them, overreaching is inexorable.

– Don Willett

Don Willett

One truth I’ve learned as a father: Children want presence more than presents. They don’t want to read about you; they want you.

– Don Willett

Don Willett

I don’t remember much of my childhood. My father passed away when I was six, and sadly, I don’t have the fuzziest, foggiest memory of him – what his voice was like, anything he ever said to me, nothing. My early years are a total blur.

– Don Willett

Don Willett

Would I tweet if I didn’t run for office? Maybe, but I’d certainly use Twitter to stay abreast of warp-speed happenings in the world and to enjoy the musings of smart, fascinating people. Twitter is a neat, one-stop compilation of smart, incisive viewpoints on every imaginable topic from a riveting cross-section of folks.

– Don Willett

Don Willett

I was recently designated Tweeter Laureate of Texas, which apparently is a thing.

– Don Willett

Don Willett

If you’re president, it’s often your court appointments that seal your legacy with a capital L.

– Don Willett

Don Willett

I’ve long favored smart judicial-selection reform – every member of my court does – and every legislative session, reform measures are filed… and then they fail.

– Don Willett

Don Willett

Judges should always behave judicially by adjudicating, never politically by legislating. I leave policy to policymakers. They’re preeminent, but they’re not omnipotent. In other words, lawmakers decide if laws pass, but judges decide if laws pass muster.

– Don Willett

Don Willett

Laws that impinge your constitutionally protected right to earn an honest living must not be preposterous.

– Don Willett

Don Willett

Unlike tennis matches, Supreme Court decisions are tiebreaker-free, meaning the lower-court ruling stands without any high-court guidance.

– Don Willett

Don Willett

Usually what goes through my mind before I hit the tweet button is, did I misspell or mis-grammatize anything, but also, is this worth polluting the interwebs with for posterity?

– Don Willett

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