President-elect Donald Trump’s first nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court could be a champion of “economic liberty”— Texas Supreme Court Justice Don R. Willett.
Willett, a “Tweeter Laureate” praised by conservatives and libertarians, is on Trump’s list of potential nominees.
Trump has said he will choose someone from that list to replace Justice Antonin Scalia, who died unexpectedly Feb. 13.
The U.S. Senate has refused to take action on President Barack Obama’s nominee, D.C. Circuit Chief Judge Merrick B. Garland.
1) Economic Liberty Lover.
Conservatives and libertarians have praised Willett as a defender of economic liberty.
Willett said such liberty ...
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