[Huffpoo] Donald Trump on Wednesday fulfilled his promise to release his list of potential Supreme Court nominees -- a group he has vowed would consist of conservative jurists with "great intellects."
The most notable names among his picks are Texas Supreme Court Justice Don Willett and U.S. Circuit Judges Diane Sykes and William Pryor, all of whom are well respected in Republican circles.
Trump’s inclusion of Willett, a libertarian legal star who has a dedicated Twitter following, is particularly curious given the judge’s prior swipes at the businessman on social media.
On Friday, Willett led the Texas Supreme Court in an unanimous ruling that the state’s crumbling school infrastructure meets "minimum constitutional requirements" despite grave budget shortfalls. Last summer, a senior editor at libertarian publication Reason praised Willett for authoring "a full-throated defense of economic liberty" in a state licensing case.
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