The ever-political Arkansas Supreme Court is gunning for a circuit judge who suggested allowing firearms in courthouses teeming with high emotions and criminal trials is crazy.
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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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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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Supreme Court Justice Courtney Hudson joins race to fill Robin Wynne’s seat
Mandatory judicial retirement and long-term decision-making influenced Hudson’s decision to run for Wynne’s seat this year.
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Arkansas LEARNS back in effect, for now, as state Supreme Court throws out restraining order
The justices declined to rule on the larger merits of the case and sent it back to Pulaski County Circuit Court for a scheduled June 20 hearing.
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New judge named in lawsuit against rapist Barry Walker, prosecutor Jana Bradford and others
Chief Justice Dan Kemp has appointed William R. Wright, a former circuit judge now practicing law in Hope, as a special judge in the lawsuit.
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Justice Rhonda Wood announces race for chief justice
Supreme Court Justice Rhonda Wood announced her candidacy for the chief justice seat being vacated by Dan Kemp. Wood was cleared by Arkansas Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission after facing an ethics complaint related to the bribery scandal involving former Circuit Judge Michael Maggio and former state Senator Gilbert Baker.
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Kemp, Rutledge take opposing sides in N.C. battle before U.S. Supreme Court
Arkansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Dan Kemp and Attorney General Leslie Rutledge this week intervened on opposite sides of a North Carolina case congressional-map case before the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Supreme Court orders vaccine eligibility for court workers; governor says no
The Arkansas Supreme Court has ordered that most court employees be made eligible for COVID-19 vaccinations. The governor says not yet.
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Arkansas Supreme Court seeks extra pay raise
The Arkansas Supreme Court is again seeking special consideration from the commission that sets state elected official pay.