The court had previously said it would not address the issue until a new case was before it.
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State Supreme Court says Damien Echols can seek further DNA testing in West Memphis Three case
The high court said a person did not need to be incarcerated in order to seek DNA testing to prove their actual innocence.
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State Supreme Court says lawyers can carry guns in courthouses
The opinion stops short of saying lawyers can carry guns into courtrooms, but hints that will probably change once someone files another lawsuit.
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Ark. Supreme Court rebukes circuit judge, removes him from case against Morton-owned nursing home
After nine years and five separate appeals, the underlying case has yet to reach trial, and yesterday’s Supreme Court ruling seems likely to extend the delay. One hopes the decision was about the best interests of justice and not merely the result of some judicial gavel-measuring contest.
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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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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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Arkansas Supreme Court upholds lower court ruling barring guns in some government buildings
The Arkansas Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling that even with an enhanced concealed carry license, a person cannot bring a gun into a Game and Fish building where firearms are prohibited.
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Judge Griffen blasts partisan Supreme Court candidates, draws comparison with his own treatment
A blast from Wendell Griffen on judicial ethics, a topic with which he has personal experience.
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Separation of powers, Arkansas legislature style UPDATE
A single justice, and former Republican senator, seems to have inspired a bill to abolish the existing structure for disciplining judges.
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Speaking of tort reform: Ernest Dumas writes that the Supreme Court is at work on it and the end of deference to state regulators
Thanks to a politicized Supreme Court, the business lobby may be en route to upending the “administrative state” and achieving protection from lawsuits, too.