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Wednesday, December 28, 2005
Law - Kentucky Governor Fletcher to pick 2 judges in case about himself
More on the continuing Kentucky investigation of Governor Fletcher's alleged violation of the state's merit hiring laws. Today the Louisville Courier Journal reports:
Two Kentucky Supreme Court justices have removed themselves from a case involving the state hiring investigation, after the court was asked to settle a dispute over Gov. Ernie Fletcher's pardon power.The double vacancy sets in motion a little-used process under which the state constitution allows Fletcher to appoint temporary judges to fill the seven-seat bench and preside over the case in question.
But Attorney General Greg Stumbo's office, which is leading the merit hiring investigation, said it was concerned that Fletcher would have power to pick the judges who will decide his own case.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on December 28, 2005 11:26 AM
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