Don Willett

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Don Willett
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Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Assumed office
January 2, 2018
Republican Don Willett (incumbent) 2,135,612 51.05% −33.21%
Democratic Bill Moody 1,877,90944.89%N/A
Libertarian Wade Wilson169,9184.06%−9.58%
Majority 257,7036.16%−62.36%
Total votes4,183,439 100.00% −8.69%
Republican hold Swing −33.21%
2012
Texas Supreme Court – Place 2 Republican Primary, May 29, 2012 [28]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Don Willett (incumbent) 644,807 56.82% +6.27%
Republican Steven Wayne Smith 490,08943.18%−6.27%
Majority 154,71813.64%+12.54%
Total votes1,134,896 100.00% +104.61%
Texas Supreme Court – Place 2 Election Results, November 6, 2012 [29]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Don Willett (incumbent) 4,771,916 78.77% +27.72%
Libertarian RS Roberto Koelsch1,285,79421.23%+17.17%
Majority 3,486,12257.54%+51.38%
Total votes6,057,710 100.00% +44.80%
Republican hold Swing +27.72%

See also

References

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  2. Grissom, Brandi. "Justice Don Willett, the boy from Talty, takes Twitter by storm, and maybe SCOTUS, too". Dallas News.
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  5. Reprint from Austin American-Statesman Aug. 25, 2005 Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine .
  6. Marc Cowart, associate editor, Texas Conservative Review, edited and published by Gary M. Polland, Houston, Texas, May 2012, p. 7
  7. "Texas general election returns, November 6, 2012". Texas Secretary of State. Retrieved November 10, 2012.[ permanent dead link ]
  8. Official website for the Supreme Court of Texas Archived December 19, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
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  10. " President Donald J. Trump Announces Eighth Wave of Judicial Candidates" White House, September 28, 2017 PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  11. "Presidential Nomination 1077, 115th United States Congress". congress.gov. United States Congress. December 13, 2017. Retrieved June 30, 2018.
  12. " Eleven Nominations and One Withdrawal Sent to the Senate Today" White House, October 3, 2017
  13. United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Nominations for November 15, 2017
  14. "Results of Executive Business Meeting – December 7, 2017" (PDF). Senate Judiciary Committee.
  15. "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture Don R. Willett to be a Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit)". United States Senate. December 12, 2017.
  16. "On the Nomination (Confirmation Don R. Willett, of Texas, to be a Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit)". United States Senate. December 13, 2017.
  17. Quinn, Melissa (December 13, 2017). "Don Willett, who faced questions about A-Rod and bacon during confirmation hearing, confirmed to federal appeals court". The Washington Examiner. Retrieved December 13, 2017.
  18. Zelinski, Andrea (January 2, 2018). "Willett takes oath for 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals". Houston Chronicle . Retrieved January 13, 2018.
  19. Cohrs, Rachel (June 27, 2018). "Texas Judge Don Willett is Back Under Consideration to be Trump's Next Supreme Court Pick". The Dallas Morning News . Retrieved July 2, 2018.
  20. Mears, Bill (June 29, 2018). "Tart Texas Talker Gets Serious Consideration as Potential Successor to Supreme Court's Justice Kennedy". Fox News . Retrieved July 2, 2018.
  21. Root, Damon (February 2019). "Liberty Has a New Champion on the Federal Bench". Reason. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
  22. Note, Recent Case: Fifth Circuit Holds Medical Board Investigators Are Protected by Qualified Immunity in Warrantless Search of Records , 132 Harv. L. Rev. 2042(2019).
  23. Zadeh v. Robinson, 902F.3d483 (5th Cir.2018).
  24. "Judge Don Willett (@JusticeWillett) | Twitter". twitter.com. Retrieved December 16, 2018.
  25. Benson, Eric (November 17, 2016). "Don Willett's Quiet Revolution". Texas Observer. Retrieved December 22, 2016.
  26. "Race Summary Report – 2006 Republican Party Primary Election". Office of the Secretary of State of Texas . Government of Texas . Retrieved May 8, 2018.
  27. "Race Summary Report – 2006 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State of Texas . Government of Texas . Retrieved May 8, 2018.
  28. "Race Summary Report – 2012 Republican Party Primary Election". Office of the Secretary of State of Texas . Government of Texas . Retrieved May 8, 2018.
  29. "Race Summary Report – 2012 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State of Texas . Government of Texas . Retrieved May 8, 2018.
Legal offices
Preceded byAssociate Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas
2005–2018
Succeeded by
Preceded byJudge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
2018–present
Incumbent