AUSTIN — Gov. Greg Abbott appointed Texas Supreme Court Justice Jimmy Blacklock to be the court’s chief justice and named ...

Blacklock replaces Nathan Hecht, the longest serving justice on the high court. Gov. Greg Abbott also appointed his general ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) has named Justice Jimmy Blacklock as the next chief justice of the Texas Supreme Court, ending ...

Abbott originally appointed Blacklock to the high court as the Place 2 justice in 2018. Blacklock previously worked for ...

After a dip in 2023, the number of threats against judges and other security incidents in Texas courthouses spiked last year.

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

Chief Justice Nathan Hecht released three written opinions on his last day in office, retiring Tuesday as the longest serving ...

Gov. Greg Abbott must replace Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Nathan Hecht with a similarly reform-minded, experienced and ...

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

The longest-serving chief justice in the Supreme Court of Texas is retiring on New Year's Eve. Chief Justice Nathan Hecht, ...

Chief Justice Nathan Hecht, the 27th chief justice of the Supreme Court of Texas, will retire from the court on Dec. 31, the ...

Chief Justice Nathan Hecht, raised a farmer, didn’t expect to be a lawyer, let alone a member of the state’s highest civil ...