“While the right to vote has been held to be fundamental, the right to vote in a particular manner is not guaranteed,” the state Supreme Court said Thursday.
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Judicial races offered some of the only surprises on Arkansas’s election night
Some of the outcomes in Tuesday’s judicial races were unexpected.
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March 5 election may hand Gov. Sanders new state Supreme Court appointments
Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders could end up appointing two new Arkansas Supreme Court Justices this year, depending on the outcome of two races.
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Little Rock police vehicle arson cases end with federal sentencing of four defendants
Mujera Benjamin Lung’aho will serve 5 1/2 years for setting police cars ablaze. Three other defendants will serve 18 months each.
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State Supreme Court dismisses lawsuit over legislature’s ’emergency clause’ votes
Plaintiffs attorney Ali Noland blasted the decision, saying the various concurring opinions used “various legal gymnastics to get to [the] desired outcome.”
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Justice groups push new DNA testing in West Memphis Three case
Three groups including The Innocence Project have joined Damien Echols’ effort to get new DNA testing on shoelaces used to hogtie victims.
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Governor names special justice to hear LEARNS appeal before state Supreme Court
The governor has appointed a Republican lawyer from Perryville as a special justice in the LEARNS case now before the state Supreme Court.
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Update: State Supreme Court asks for LEARNS appeal briefs by mid-August; Hiland will recuse
That schedule means the court won’t rule on the LEARNS case until the law is already in effect, presumably.
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Packing the Court with a Judge of One’s Own: A Sarah Sanders Story
No matter how normal these power-hungry politics begin to feel, Arkansans do not have to stand for it.
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Contender for state Republican Party chair is a QAnon all-star
Sarah Dunklin, who’s challenging Joseph Wood in a contest for the chairmanship of the Republican Party of Arkansas, has a wacky history as a QAnon true believer.