Gov. Greg Abbott has appointed his former general counsel and current Texas Supreme Court Justice, Jimmy Blacklock as the ...

Justice Jimmy Blacklock, a conservative ally of Gov. Greg Abbott, has been named the new chief justice of the Texas Supreme ...

Chief Justice Nathan Hecht of the Texas Supreme Court retires after admirably serving on the high court for more than three ...

Hecht is the longest-tenured Supreme Court justice in Texas history. He won six reelections and led the court as chief ...

Hecht modernized the court, increased access to justice for the poor and saw his conservative views come to dominate the ...

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 ...

That's more than half my life — way over half my life,” Hecht told KERA News earlier this month. “So, I accept the will of ...

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 ...

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 ...

He Reflects on the Court He Helped Change 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 ...