Court Quote by 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

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

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— Don Willett

In parenting, as in judging, the days are long, but the years are short.

— Don Willett

Our Constitution exists to secure individual freedom, the essential condition of human flourishing. Liberty is not provided by government; liberty preexists government. It's our…

— Don Willett

When writing, I split my time between my chambers and my satellite office: my neighborhood Chick-fil-A. It offers the word-nerd trifecta: I bring Bose…

— Don Willett

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

— Don Willett

Re-election comes every six years, which explains why I spend so much time on Twitter. If you're an obscure judge whose name ID hovers…

— Don Willett

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

— Don Willett

Serving 27 million Texans spread across 254 counties and two time zones isn't a job for those who require a lot of sleep.

— Don Willett