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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
By Eleanor Klibanoff

As Texas Chief Justice Nathan Hecht prepares to retire, he reflects on the Supreme Court he helped change

Texas Supreme Court Justice Nathan Hecht delivers his State of the Judiciary speech at the Supreme Court in Austin on Apr. 5, 2023.
Chief Justice Nathan Hecht delivers his State of the Judiciary speech at the Texas Supreme Court in Austin on April 5, 2023. (Credit: Leila Saidane/The Texas Tribune)

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 legal procedure and Texas itself.

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