Jim Hannah
Corbin: Arkansas Court Voted to Strike Marriage Ban
The Arkansas Supreme Court voted to find the state's gay marriage ban was unconstitutional but never issued its ruling months before same-sex marriage was legalized nationwide, a former state justice said in a recently published interview. read more >
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Little Rock Attorney Files for State Supreme Court Seat
A Little Rock attorney launched a bid against a north Arkansas judge for the state Supreme Court on Monday, making his candidacy official minutes before the filing deadline for next year's election. read more >
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Goodson Announces Bid for Arkansas Chief Justice
Justice Courtney Goodson has launched her bid to lead the Arkansas Supreme Court, vowing to represent "common sense, conservative" values in the post. read more >
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Rhonda Wood: Court Voted on Narrow Part of Gay Marriage Case
The Arkansas Supreme Court voted on a narrow part of the state's case over gay marriage last month but only planned on issuing that decision if the nation's highest court didn't legalize same-sex marriage, a justice said Thursday. read more >
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Arkansas Supreme Court Punts on Gay Marriage (Andrew DeMillo Analysis)
By punting a same-sex marriage case that sat before it for more than seven months, members of the Arkansas Supreme Court left unresolved a serious question about how sacrosanct a voter-approved constitutional amendment really is. read more >
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Choosing Arkansas Judges: Elections or Selections?
Two high-profile cases have brought renewed attention to the question of whether Arkansas' system of electing state Supreme Court justices and Court of Appeals judges needs fixing. read more >
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Letters Showcase Split on Arkansas Supreme Court (Andrew DeMillo Analysis)
Divisions on the Supreme Court are nothing new. But justices publicly taking one another to task over the handling of a case is a major shift. read more >
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Update: Asa Hutchinson to Move Quickly on Supreme Court Appointments for Marriage Case
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson says he plans to move quickly to appoint three special justices to hear a case before the state Supreme Court related to a challenge over the ban on same-sex marriage. read more >
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Appointments for Independent Citizens Commission Announced
The seven appointments for the Independent Citizens Commission, which will decide the salaries for all elected state officials, were announced Wednesday morning. read more >
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