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
Arkansas 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 Monday. Former Chief Justice John Dan Kemp wrote and signed a memo in February 2017,
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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?
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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 State Supreme Court justices debate chief justice authority in meeting
The debate between the Arkansas Supreme Court justices and the chief justice continues as both sides have different opinions on the authority the chief justice has.
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."
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.
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