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.
Abbott appoints new chief justice to Supreme Court of Texas
Abbott appointed Justice Jimmy Blacklock to serve as chief justice on the Supreme Court of Texas, the governor's office announced Monday.
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,
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 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.
Gov. Greg Abbott appoints Justice Jimmy Blacklock as next Texas Supreme Court chief justice
Abbott originally appointed Blacklock to the high court as the Place 2 justice in 2018. Abbott's general counsel James Sullivan will replace Blacklock as a new justice.
'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 ...
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 ...
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As Trump’s return looms, chief justice warns against defying courts
With Donald Trump’s re-inauguration as president less than three weeks away, Chief Justice John Roberts is warning against calls to resist or defy the Supreme Court’s decisions. Roberts made ...
Chief Justice John Roberts warns of threats to judicial independence ahead of Trump inauguration
The chief justice's year-end report did not name the president-elect, though it did accuse some public officials of ...
Chief Justice John Roberts sounds alarm over potential defiance of court rulings
Chief Justice John Roberts issued a stark warning to the Trump administration, members of Congress and the public about ...
Chief Justice Says Intimidation and Violence Threaten Judicial Independence
But John Roberts’s year-end report remains silent on Supreme Court ethics.
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 ...
2 Judges: Meet the New Chief Justice and the GC Who Just Rose to the Bench
James P. Sullivan, the governor's general counsel, will move to the court to fill Blacklock's former seat. Blacklock won ...