S. Supreme Court filed into their sombre round room in the Capitol, took their places, came to order, began reading opinions. After 21 opinions had been read, Chief Justice Taft arose.

When Nathan Hecht ran for the Texas Supreme Court in 1988 ... The mandatory retirement age for state justices is 75. Late on a Friday afternoon, just two weeks before hanging up his robe, he ...

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Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Nathan Hecht in Austin Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. In honor of Hecht's retirement, the court gifted him with bound volumes of every opinion he's ever written.

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