Texas Supreme Court Justice Don Willett was named as one of 11 potential justices whom Donald Trump
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But in recent months, the jurist has appeared skeptical of the now-presumptive GOP front-runner and seemed to openly mock him on Twitter.
“Donald Trump haiku— Who would the Donald Name to #SCOTUS?” Willett tweeted last summer. “The mind reels. *weeps—can't finish tweet*”
Donald Trump haiku—
— Justice Don Willett (@JusticeWillett) June 16, 2015
Who would the Donald
Name to #SCOTUS? The mind reels.
*weeps—can't finish tweet* pic.twitter.com/a326AP0mN1
More recently, the Duke University law school grad has mocked Trump’s troubled university endeavor.
Low-energy Trump University has never made it to #MarchMadness. Or even to the #NIT. Sad! pic.twitter.com/DWcfJOZkPu
— Justice Don Willett (@JusticeWillett) March 15, 2016
"I just want to thank my coaches at Trump University summer basketball camp."
— Justice Don Willett (@JusticeWillett) April 5, 2016
—Kris Jenkins #NationalChampionship
pic.twitter.com/Xrvk79ViWO
And just last month, Willett mocked Trump’s excessive braggadocio, while comparing him to "Star Wars" villain Darth Vader.
“’We'll rebuild the Death Star,’” Willett tweeted, in the guise of “Darth Trump.”
“’It'll be amazing, believe me. And the rebels will pay for it.’"
"We'll rebuild the Death Star. It'll be amazing, believe me. And the rebels will pay for it."
— Justice Don Willett (@JusticeWillett) April 8, 2016
—Darth Trump pic.twitter.com/y25LADg15J
The comments could prove to be uncomfortable for Willett, a prolific Twitter user who is now a potential Supreme Court justice, should Trump win the presidency in November.
Trump released the Texas justice’s name along with those of 10 others on Thursday, as possible replacements for late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.
