Texas justice tweets in his Camry's persona
A Texas justice recently confirmed to a federal appeals court isn’t the only member of the Texas Supreme Court with a penchant for Twitter.
Jeffrey Brown has been tweeting in the persona of his Toyota Camry at the handle @Camryofjustice, Texas Lawyer reports. He also tweets at @judgejeffbrown, and the two accounts refer to each other.
The 14-year-old Camry has more than 212,000 miles “and a sweet V6,” according to its Twitter description. The account details Brown’s travels as he meets with lawyers, speaks at seminars, and appears at campaign events.
According to the article, the car “is so beloved on #appellatetwitter that lawyers on the road ask Brown about it first thing when they see him, and seem disappointed if he has flown to his destination rather than driven the Camry.”
The other justice known for his tweets was Don Willett (@JusticeWillett), recently confirmed to the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Brown tells Law.com that his Camry persona will never be as popular on Twitter as Willett, who had more than 110,000 followers the last time he checked. Brown says his most popular tweets “are almost a snarky alter-ego of myself. Folks seem to like that, so I think keeping up with that tone will serve the Camry well.” He also believes that “the cornier the joke, the farther it goes, and the Camry can certainly tell a corny joke now and then.”
The Camry tweeted last fall that it was “chillin’ at the garage” of the Austin airport during Brown’s trip to Dallas, where Brown toured the home library of Bryan Garner, an ABA Journal contributor and president of LawProse Inc. This exchange followed:
Here's @BryanAGarner conducting a tour of his magnificent home library at last night's event. 2/2 pic.twitter.com/Fuud79Ty8B
— Justice Jeff Brown (@judgejeffbrown) October 20, 2017
I would've been content to see the driveway… . https://t.co/n3p02I2lIr
— Camry of Justice (@CamryOfJustice) October 20, 2017
