What’s Justice Willett Been Doing Since Trump Put Him on SCOTUS Shortlist? Tweeting, Duh

A few weeks ago, Donald Trump released a list of people that he would consider to be the replacement for the late Justice Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court if he were elected to be the president. On that list was a justice from Texas named Don Willett and it quickly became obvious that Trump hadn’t looked too deeply into the beliefs or public personas of those he named to the list. Willett’s Twitter was full of anti-Trump sentiments.

That generated quite a few headlines for a day or so, but it all seems to have calmed down now as Trump has moved the news cycle on to other topics. So, what has Justice Willett been up to in that time?

He’s still tweeting. In fact, he’s doing it to more lionization than ever.

He responded to this…

@JusticeWillett You have the greatest twitter account of all time

— Joshua Grant (@Positivity_2016) May 18, 2016

…with this:

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— Justice Don Willett (@JusticeWillett) June 1, 2016

He replied to this one…

Everyone follow @JusticeWillett his tweets are ???

— Seamus McCarthy (@VintageSportsLP) May 30, 2016

…like this:

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ᕕ(⌐■_■)ᕗ https://t.co/js7qaA5o3L

— Justice Don Willett (@JusticeWillett) June 1, 2016

This one…

Well, if you need me I’ll be spending the rest of the day scrolling through the Twitter feed of @JusticeWillett. ✌?️

— Madaline Jenkins (@MadalineJenk) June 1, 2016

…got this response:

♫ Did you ever know that you’re my hero . . . ♫ https://t.co/lI27T788KT

— Justice Don Willett (@JusticeWillett) June 1, 2016

When someone said this…

Despite what you may think of his judicial philosophy, ee can all agree that @JusticeWillett has the best Twitter account of any judge

— Justin Arnold (@JustinOArnold) May 26, 2016

…he let all the other “judges” know it:

cc: @JudgeReinhold @JudgeNap @MikeJudge @JudgeJudy @JudgeJeanine @JudgeGregMathis @JudgeAlexFerrer https://t.co/k7SG4b2pRl

— Justice Don Willett (@JusticeWillett) June 1, 2016

So, what are all these people so giddy about? Here are a few of his non-Trump contributions to the timelines of his nearly 50,000 followers:

When people ask about my worldview. pic.twitter.com/Jrmj6XJLrd

— Justice Don Willett (@JusticeWillett) June 1, 2016

Nearly 10% of college grads think Judge Judy is a U.S. Supreme Court justice.

?? U-S-A!
?? U-S-A! pic.twitter.com/X4RFSfyWlV

— Justice Don Willett (@JusticeWillett) May 31, 2016

As a kid, when someone said “Ponzi scheme,” I always heard “Fonzie scheme” & thought, “WHAT A COOL SCHEME!” ?? pic.twitter.com/eGIncKdYPh

— Justice Don Willett (@JusticeWillett) May 31, 2016

When your crush says, “I love the Constitution”—but you don’t believe her. pic.twitter.com/c2Gz7FctXq

— Justice Don Willett (@JusticeWillett) May 30, 2016

Trapped in a group text likehttps://t.co/n6HkidlIHj

— Justice Don Willett (@JusticeWillett) May 29, 2016

Set your DVRs!

Complete list of all the Sunday talk shows I’m doing today:

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5.#ByPopularDemand

— Justice Don Willett (@JusticeWillett) May 29, 2016

I’m just a shadow of my former selfie.pic.twitter.com/ytlIlibSKL

— Justice Don Willett (@JusticeWillett) May 28, 2016

In response to CNN posing the question, “Would Donald Trump have killed the gorilla?” he made sure the appropriate people were notified:

cc: @PulitzerPrize ? https://t.co/zu8jn7XTvD

— Justice Don Willett (@JusticeWillett) May 31, 2016

And just so you don’t think the man has totally forgotten the whole SCOTUS thing in the two weeks that have elapsed since Trump shortlisted him, he issued this tweet, complete with a gif, to let us know he is still very much plugged into not only the election, but Scalia’s undeniable impact on it all:

“Campaign promises are, by long democratic tradition, the least binding form of human commitment.”
—Justice Scalia ⚖ pic.twitter.com/s5HH3RnFPY

— Justice Don Willett (@JusticeWillett) June 1, 2016

He is a very funny blip on timelines that have become otherwise very, very serious as this election has worn on.

[image via screengrab]

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