AUSTIN — With equal parts pomp and humor, and as his youngest son snoozed, San Antonio attorney Wallace B. Jefferson on Thursday became the first African American to lead the Texas Supreme Court. Appointed by Gov. Rick Perry, the descendant of a slave was sworn in as the 26th Chief Justice of the state's highest civil court at a ceremony that was decidedly a family affair. His three sons, William, 10, Samuel, 8, and Michael, 5, led the crowd in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance before Michael snuggled on a lawmaker's chair and fell asleep. Justice Jefferson's older brother Lamont...