When Nathan Hecht ran for the Texas Supreme Court in 1988, no Republican had ever been elected to the state’s highest civil court. His election foreshadowed a coming transformation of the court ...

During his most recent campaign for re-election, Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Nathan Hecht in 2020 was asked by this editorial board to name the highlights of his civic accomplishments to date.

When Nathan Hecht ran for the Texas Supreme Court in 1988, no Republican had ever been elected to the state’s highest civil court. His election foreshadowed a transformation of the court ...

There’s some irony in Nathan Hecht’s distinction as the longest tenured Supreme Court justice in Texas history. If it were up to him, voters would never have had the chance to re-elect him six ...

Chief Justice Nathan Hecht, the 27th chief justice of the Supreme Court of Texas, will retire from the court on Dec. 31, the court announced. He is the longest-serving member of the court in Texas ...

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When Nathan Hecht ran for the Texas Supreme Court in 1988, no Republican had ever been elected to the state’s highest civil court. His election foreshadowed a coming transformation of the court, civil ...