Texas Supreme Court Justice Don Willett did not get President Trump’s nod to be on the U.S. Supreme Court, but he made the short list and he got to meet the new president to discuss the job with him. “For someone raised by a widowed waitress in a drafty double-wide in a town of 32 people, it was an otherworldly honor,” Willett said.
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TX Justice Willett's Excellent SCOTUS Adventure
Texas Supreme Court Justice Don Willett did not get President Trump’s nod to be on the U.S. Supreme Court, but he made the short list and he got to meet the new president to discuss the job with him. “For someone raised by a widowed waitress in a drafty double-wide in a town of 32 people, it was an otherworldly honor,” Willett said.
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