One of the more influential policy makers in Texas over the past few decades is not an elected representative of the state. He's 87 year old U.S. District Judge William Wayne Justice.
He is back in the news due to his role in settling a lawsuit over children's access to Medicaid.
Justice has already placed his stamp on a variety of policies in Texas, and since he has mandated policies to benefit prisoners and desegregate schools.
Neither made him popular with conservatives who use him as an example of a judicial activist.
