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Supreme drama: Chief justice asked to not communicate with court staff during HR probe
The director of the Administrative Office of the Courts has asked the chief justice to stay away from his office and staff.
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 ...
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Chief Justice Karen Baker strikes down two orders opposed to her Arkansas Supreme Court, judiciary hiring and firing decisions
Arkansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Karen Baker struck down two orders by associate court justices opposing actions she had taken shortly after entering office Jan. 1.
Baker issues order, says other justices’ attempts to override her firings memo to be null and void
Arkansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Karen Baker issued an order on Wednesday afternoon declaring two recent per curiams issued by other justices to be null and void.
Arkansas Supreme Court chief justice rejects colleagues’ orders, citing constitutional authority
Arkansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Karen Baker on Wednesday declared invalid two per curiam orders her fellow justices issued in the past week, the latest development in an ongoing dispute over the ...
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette9d
Top administrator of Arkansas Supreme Court requests Chief Justice Karen Baker be barred from his and his employees’ offices
Arkansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Karen Baker said she was in the Justice Building on Tuesday afternoon despite a request ...
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Chief Justice Karen Baker strikes down two orders opposed to her Arkansas Supreme Court, judiciary hiring and firing decisions
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Arkansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Karen Baker struck down two orders by associate court justices opposing actions she had taken shortly after entering office Jan. 1.
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 ...
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The Arkansas Supreme Court and chief justice are in a power struggle over who can fire officials
Chief Justice Karen Baker on Wednesday voided an order five members of the seven-justice court issued last week blocking her attempts to fire several top officials. Baker, who was sworn in on Jan. 1, ...
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Karen Baker sworn in as Chief Justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court
CLINTON, Ark. — History was made at the Van Buren County Courthouse on Wednesday as Karen Baker was sworn in as Chief Justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court— making her the first woman to hold ...