N.H. Attorney General Gordon MacDonald will be the next chief justice of the state Supreme Court.
New Hampshire Attorney General Gordon J. MacDonald has been confirmed as chief justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court, ending a protracted political dispute over who should lead the state’s high court.
The Executive Council vote Friday broke along party lines, with the council’s four Republicans uniting to elevate MacDonald, who’s never been a judge but who is widely respected in state legal circles, to the state’s highest judicial post.
“I haven’t seen an attorney general work any harder than Gordon MacDonald,” said Councilor David Wheeler, a Republican from Milford. “He has never lied to me that’s a big deal for me never given me false information. And that is a characteristic I’d like to see in a Supreme Court justice.”
Executive Council hears testimony on MacDonald s nomination to be chief justice
Attorney general temporarily stepped down from post during nomination process Share Updated: 6:51 PM EST Jan 21, 2021
Attorney general temporarily stepped down from post during nomination process Share Updated: 6:51 PM EST Jan 21, 2021
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Show Transcript GORDON MACDONALD’S CONFIRMATION HEARING TO BE CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE STATE’S SUPREME COURT, STARTED WITH QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ROLE HIS ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE PLAYED IN ENFORCING THE GOVERNOR’S EMERGENCY ORDERS DURING THE PANDEMIC. LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS THE DISCRETION IN DECIDING HOW TO ENFORCE OUR EMERGENCY ORDER. THAT DISCRETION SHOULD BE EXERCIZED WITH GREAT CARE. MACDONALD, WHO HAS BEEN ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR ABOUT FOUR YEARS, WAS REJECTED BY A DEMOCRAT CONTROLLED EXECUTIVE COUNCIL WHEN NOMINATED FOR THE STATE’S HIGH COURT IN 2019. TODAY, THE COUNCIL’S LONE DEMOCRAT CINDE WARMINGTON QUE
On Thursday, Attorney General Gordon MacDonald will have an opportunity to assure Granite State women that he will protect our reproductive rights. I urge him to do so. As Gov. Chris Sununu’s nominee to the position of chief justice of the New.