AUSTIN (AP) — The Texas Senate has confirmed the appointment of Jeffrey Boyd, a former top aide to Gov. Rick Perry, as a justice on the state Supreme Court.
Boyd has already been serving on the court since Dec. 3 and his nomination faced no opposition in the Senate.
The Supreme Court, the state’s highest civil court, is Boyd’s first job as a judge. Before serving as Perry’s chief of staff, Boyd was the governor’s general counsel and previously worked in the state attorney general’s office.
