Hon. Nathan Hecht

Hon. Nathan Hecht is the former chief justice of the Texas Supreme Court, a partner at the law firm Jackson Walker, and a distinguished judicial fellow at NYU School of Law.

Contributions

Judicial Interpretation
Government Structure
Voting Rights and Elections
Economic and Labor Rights
Judicial Selection and Administration
Speech and Religion
Reproductive Rights
Environment
Criminal Law
Civil Rights

2025’s Most Significant State Constitutional Cases

Leading legal thinkers weighed in on the state constitutional rulings our readers should know about from this past year.

By Dahlia Lithwick , Hon. Maureen O’Connor , Eugene Volokh , Marcus Gadson , Christine Monta , Erwin Chemerinsky , Michelle Garcia , Hon. Nathan Hecht , Ilya Somin , Miriam Seifter , Anthony Sanders , Robert F. Williams , Amy Myrick , Kathrina Szymborski Wolfkot

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Texas
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Iowa
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December 18, 2025