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Our Constitution exists to secure individual freedom, the essential condition of human flourishing. Liberty is not provided by government; liberty pr… - Don Willett
" "Our Constitution exists to secure individual freedom, the essential condition of human flourishing. Liberty is not provided by government; liberty preexists government. It’s our natural birthright, not a gift from the sovereign. Our founders upended things and divided power to enshrine a promise, not a process.
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About Don Willett
Don R. Willett (born 16 July 1966) is a Justice on the Supreme Court of Texas.
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Donny Ray Willett
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Judges should always behave judicially by adjudicating, never politically by legislating. I leave policy to policymakers. They’re preeminent, but they’re not omnipotent. In other words, lawmakers decide if laws pass, but judges decide if laws pass muster. There’s a fateful difference between activist judges who concoct rights and active judges who dutifully protect the rights our Framers actually enshrined.
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