Judge Don Willett
@JusticeWillett
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Extravagantly blessed husband & co-founder of 3 wee Willetts. Former drummer and rodeo bull rider. Fluent in legalese. 🇺🇸⚖️
Austin, Texas
Joined October 2009
Today the most consequential jurist in Texas history retires. The iconic Chief Justice @NathanLHecht built a sterling, 43-year judicial legacy. NLH = the GOAT, the best of us, a Mount Rushmore figure in the life & law of Texas. The Lone Star State owes him an unpayable debt. 🐐⚖️
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Justice Sandra Day O’Connor graciously inscribed this sweet message to my newborn daughter. The Justice was born the same year as my mom & they passed in much the same way. What a trailblazing legacy—including championing the urgent cause of revitalizing civics education. 🇺🇸 ⚖️
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OTD 1863—. Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in rebel states "then, thenceforward, and forever free.". “If my name ever goes into history,” he said, “it will be for this act.”
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2018 to-do list:. ☐ act justly.☐ love mercy.☐ walk humbly with God. —Micah 6:8 #HappyNewYear
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People of Earth—. In 2018, @JusticeWillett will never:. ☐ give you up.☐ let you down.☐ run around.☐ desert you.☐ make you cry.☐ say goodbye.☐ tell a lie.☐ hurt you.
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RT @judgejanderson: Today is the only day every legal adult in the United States was born in the 1900s and every minor was born in the 2000….
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11YO—Daddy, why do politicians talk about Eminem's domain?. ME—That's eminent domain. 11YO—Huh?. ME—Sorry, you only get one shot. 🎤🍝
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My three favorite chocolates—pawsitively:. 🐶 dark.🐶 white.🐶 milk
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When you're tired of cornbread shaped like Colorado and Wyoming.
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OTD 1845—. The former Republic of Texas joined the United States of America as the 28th state.
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“the due administration of justice is the firmest pillar of good Government”.—George Washington
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The 2nd-youngest Rolling Stone just turned 74. 🎸. Ask 2018 approaches, we must ask ourselves: What sort of world are we leaving for Keith Richards?
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This holiday, remember with gratitude America's peerless military. Far from home & close to danger. Separated from their family while safeguarding yours—and mine.
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OTD 1941—. Churchill addressed a joint session of Congress, just after Pearl Harbor. That night he had a heart attack at the White House, news his doctor kept secret, lest the war be lost. 🇬🇧 🇺🇸
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Christmas Night 1776—. The Revolution seemed doomed. Then Washington sneaked across the Delaware.
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My cherub Genevieve & her squad reciting the Christmas story from Luke at my mom’s memory-care facility.
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