Gov. Greg Abbott appoints Justice Jimmy Blacklock

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,
Jimmy Blacklock named new chief justice of the Texas Supreme Court
Justice Jimmy Blacklock, a conservative ally of Gov. Greg Abbott, has been named the new chief justice of the Texas Supreme Court.
Gov. Abbott elevates Blacklock to chief justice, appoints new member to Texas Supreme Court
Blacklock is replacing retired Chief Justice Nathan Hecht, while Abbott's legal adviser James Sullivan takes the open spot on the bench.
Lambert sworn in as Chief Justice of Ky. Supreme Court
Debra Hembree Lambert was set to be publicly sworn in as the new Chief Justice for the Supreme Court of Kentucky, but winter weather changed those plans. Lambert was officially sworn in last month, but plans were in place for a Tuesday ceremony that could be viewed online by the public.
Swanson sworn in as new chief justice of Montana Supreme Court
Family members, politicians and members of the Montana Supreme Court welcomed newly elected Chief Justice Cory Swanson during a swearing-in ceremony Monday in Helena, marking the beginning of a new leadership chapter for the state’s highest court.
Gov. Greg Abbott names new chief justice to Texas Supreme Court
Gov. Greg Abbott appointed Texas Supreme Court Justice Jimmy Blacklock to be the court’s chief justice and named James Sullivan as a justice Monday. Blacklock succeeds Nathan Hecht, the state’s longest-serving Supreme Court justice,
Gov. Greg Abbott promotes former legal staff to new roles on Texas Supreme Court
Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday appointed one of his office's former lawyers to the Texas Supreme Court and another to replace the court's Chief Justice Nathan Hecht, who retired last month. Abbott's general counsel James P.
Chief Justice Roberts Condemns Threats to Judicial Independence
In his year-end report on the federal judiciary, the chief justice decried violence, intimidation and disinformation and ...
Chief Justice John Roberts decries threats to judges, defiance of rulings
U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts has issued a call for greater protections of judges at all levels from threats ...
Chief Justice Says Intimidation and Violence Threaten Judicial Independence
But John Roberts’s year-end report remains silent on Supreme Court ethics.
State Supreme Court staffers targeted in Chief Justice Karen Baker’s firing memo last week return to work Monday
A swath of court staffers whose employment status was the subject of dispute among Arkansas Supreme Court justices late last ...
The chief justice takes a swipe at JD Vance
John G. Roberts Jr., in his year-end report on the federal judiciary, didn’t call out JD Vance by name. But the chief justice ...
SCOTUS Chief Justice Roberts warns elected officials not to ignore Supreme Court decisions
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts warned that elected officials should not to disregard the rulings made by the court ...
'Beneath the dignity of the office': State chief justice squares off against colleagues over 'retaliatory' firing of 10 court employees, including some who had complaints ...
The newly appointed chief justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court is embroiled in a battle of sorts with her fellow justices ...
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Chief Justice praises Justice CT Ravikumar on retirement: Noble soul
Speaking on the retirement of Justice Ravikumar, the Chief Justice said that the top court's legacy is woven from golden ...