Listen to the interview here.
Rick Ganley: So today is the day for Gordon MacDonald. The court has been operating without a chief justice for some time now. What does his arrival mean?
Josh Rogers: Well, at a minimum, it means the Supreme Court will have a full bench of five justices. It also means the court system as a whole will have an administrator. One role the chief justice has is overseeing the entire court system. And, you know, COVID has put more stress on the court system. There s a big jury trial backlog. There are other access questions really system-wide, some long-standing that Gordon MacDonald will likely have a big say over.
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On the trail: Is Ayotte inching closer to running in 2022?
Former Republican Sen. Kelly Ayotte was back in the political spotlight last week.
Ayotte, who served as the Granite State’s attorney general before winning election to the U.S. Senate in 2010, testified on Thursday in support of Attorney General Gordon MacDonald’s nomination to serve as New Hampshire Supreme Court chief justice.
“This is really not about his exceptional qualifications. It’s really about his character and the things you can’t learn in school,” Ayotte said as she praised MacDonald at the public hearing held. “He will serve, if you see fit to confirm him, as someone who is fair, balanced and will never let personal views influence him.”