Chief Justice Baker vs. the Supreme Court?
What happens when the Arkansas Supreme Court’s chief justice and most of the other justices disagree with each other about how to run the court’s business, and both sides say the law is on their side?
Tag: Arkansas Supreme Court
Arkansas Advocate: Supreme Court administrator asks chief justice to stay away, pending disciplinary review
Arkansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Karen Baker has been asked by the state court system’s chief administrator to stay out of his office and not communicate with his staff, pending a disciplinary review
Arkansas Advocate: 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
Arkansas Advocate: High court spells out appointment authority for judicial discipline commission
Only the full Arkansas Supreme Court can appoint members to the state’s judicial disciplinary commission, according to an opinion issued Monday
Arkansas Advocate: Federal judge declares sections of Arkansas’ library obscenity law unconstitutional
A federal judge permanently blocked portions of Arkansas’ law that would have changed how librarians handle challenged materials and given elected officials the final say over what books are available to the public
Arkansas Supreme Court orders secretary of state not to count medical marijuana amendment votes
The Arkansas Supreme Court ruled Monday that votes cast in the November election for a proposed medical marijuana amendment will not be counted because the popular name and ballot title are misleading
Arkansas Advocate: At odds over email and abortion rulings, Supreme Court justices seek chief justice post
A dispute over emails at the Arkansas Supreme Court overshadowed the typically quiet campaign for the court’s chief justice post in the past two months