Arkansas Supreme Court chief justice rejects colleagues’ orders, citing constitutional authority
Arkansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Karen Baker on Wednesday declared invalid two per curiam orders her fellow justices issued in the past week, the latest development in an ongoing dispute over the scope of her authority.
The Arkansas Supreme Court and chief justice are in a power struggle over who can fire officials
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas’ Supreme Court and its chief justice are publicly feuding, days after she was sworn into office, over who has the authority to fire the court’s top officials.
Gov. Abbott elevates Blacklock to chief justice, appoints new member to Texas Supreme Court
Blacklock is replacing retired Chief Justice Nathan Hecht, while Abbott's legal adviser James Sullivan takes the open spot on the bench.
Greg Abbott appoints new chief justice to Texas Supreme Court
Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) appointed Justice Jimmy Blacklock, a conservative ally of the governor, to serve as the chief justice on the Texas Supreme Court. Blacklock will replace Nathan Hecht, the state court’s longest-serving justice,
Arkansas Supreme Court chief justice digs up predecessor’s 2017 memo in dispute with colleagues
Arkansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Karen Baker cited a non-official memo from her predecessor as the basis for her administrative authority in a mass email sent to judicial employees Monday. Former Chief Justice John Dan Kemp wrote and signed a memo in February 2017,
Swanson sworn in as new chief justice of Montana Supreme Court
Family members, politicians and members of the Montana Supreme Court welcomed newly elected Chief Justice Cory Swanson during a swearing-in ceremony Monday in Helena, marking the beginning of a new leadership chapter for the state’s highest court.
Cory Swanson sworn in as Montana Supreme Court chief justice
Family members, politicians and members of the Montana Supreme Court welcomed newly elected Chief Justice Cory Swanson during a swearing-in ceremony Monday in Helena, marking the beginning of a new leadership chapter for the state’s highest court.
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In year-end report, chief justice defends judiciary’s independence
At the end of an eventful year at the Supreme Court that included a ruling giving former President Donald Trump broad ...
Chief Justice Roberts Condemns Threats to Judicial Independence
In his year-end report on the federal judiciary, the chief justice decried violence, intimidation and disinformation and ...
2 Judges: Meet the New Chief Justice and the GC Who Just Rose to the Bench
James P. Sullivan, the governor's general counsel, will move to the court to fill Blacklock's former seat. Blacklock won ...
Jimmy Blacklock named new chief justice of the Texas Supreme Court
Blacklock replaces Nathan Hecht, the longest serving justice on the high court. Gov. Greg Abbott also appointed his general ...
Chief Justice Says Intimidation and Violence Threaten Judicial Independence
But John Roberts’s year-end report remains silent on Supreme Court ethics.
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Chief Justice, Supreme Court judges plan private holiday in Andhra Pradesh: Sources
Chief Justice of India, Sanjiv Khanna, and 24 other Supreme Court judges, along with their families, will visit ...
'Beneath the dignity of the office': State chief justice squares off against colleagues over 'retaliatory' firing of 10 court employees, including some who had complaints ...
The newly appointed chief justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court is embroiled in a battle of sorts with her fellow justices ...
"Merit rather than favoritism": Sophia Akuffo demands that the Chief Justice appointment procedure be changed
Former Chief Justice Sophia Akuffo has emphasized the need for openness and meritocracy in the process and advocated for the ...