Arkansas Advocate: Arkansas Supreme Court justices spar with chief justice over her authority in rare public meeting
Arkansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Karen Baker and her fellow justices failed to settle their disagreements over the scope of her authority after a rare public meeting on Thursday, January
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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?
Arkansas State Supreme Court justices debate chief justice authority in meeting
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Arkansas judges recognize service of 10 judiciary employees targeted by Supreme Court chief justice
The Arkansas Judicial Council, which represents the state’s court system, issued a resolution Friday morning recognizing the service and dedication of 10 judiciary employees that the state Supreme Court’s chief justice attempted to fire last week.
Arkansas Supreme Court justices spar with chief justice over her authority in administrative matters
Justices of the Arkansas Supreme Court grilled Chief Justice Karen Baker for roughly an hour on Thursday during a rare livestreamed public business meeting in which they debated the limits of her authority as the leader of the state's highest court.
Arkansas Supreme Court clashes over transparency in meeting between justices
John DePippa, Dean and Professor Emeritus at the William H. Bowen School of Law, called Thursday's meeting "an embarrassment to the state of Arkansas."
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