“Is Justice Don Willett the same in person as he is on Twitter?”

November 19th, 2013

The final question posed in a lengthy interview with outgoing Texas Chief Justice Wallace Jefferson:

BDS: Is Justice Don Willett the same in person as he is on Twitter? And has he offered to give you any social-media lessons?

WJ: He is, I would say, one of the most famous members of the court. I don’t follow him on Twitter, so I don’t know if he’s the same in person, and he has not given any tutorials. I signed up a few years ago when I was thinking I’d have to campaign, but I never used it. The danger is, how far do you go? I don’t have to worry about that now.

Justice Willett is exactly the same person as he is on Twitter. In fact, I sat next to him at the Federalist Society Convention, and watched him as he tweeted. I could see the sly grin seconds before his humorous tweet popped up on twitter.