Rick Perry Judicial Picks Reach Beyond Executive Branch

Rick Perry Choice Baffles Critics
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Texas Governor Rick Perry speaks at the National Rifle Association convention in St. Louis, Friday, April 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Jeffrey Boyd will become the newest Texas Supreme Court justice, an appointment that scrunches the foreheads of Rick Perry critics who think it odd that the governor would name his chief of staff to the state’s highest civil court.

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