Arkansas Times9d
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.
Talk Business9h
Arkansas Supreme Court justices grill Chief Justice, each other in 3.5 hour marathon meeting
Members of the Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday (Jan. 23) grilled each other in a three-and-a-half marathon meeting over the role of the Chief Justice and her administrative duties ...
KARK Little Rock on MSN15d
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.
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 ...
Yahoo15d
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.
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 ...
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 ...
The Associated Press on MSN15d
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, ...
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 ...
Arkansas Times2d
A supremely strange start at the Arkansas Supreme Court
The current infighting has serious implications for the administration of justice in the Natural State — and for the public’s trust.
KTHV23d
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 ...