NH AG Gordon MacDonald renominated to be chief justice of state Supreme Court
Attorney General Gordon MacDonald has an opportunity to elevate the debate over the school voucher bill.
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CONCORD Attorney General Gordon MacDonald said he would respect U.S. Supreme Court precedent if appointed to the New Hampshire Supreme Court including over reproductive rights responding to questions at an extended hearing Thursday to assess his renomination by Gov. Chris Sununu.
However, he would not detail how he might rule in the state’s highest court should Roe v. Wade be overturned federally, citing a long-standing tradition of not commenting on future decisions as a judicial nominee. He declined to divulge his own opinion.
At state Supreme Court nomination hearing, MacDonald grilled over Roe v. Wade
Attorney General Gordon MacDonald has an opportunity to elevate the debate over the school voucher bill. AP
Published: 1/21/2021 4:28:08 PM
Attorney General Gordon MacDonald said that he would respect U.S. Supreme Court precedent if appointed to the New Hampshire Supreme Court – including over reproductive rights – responding to questions at an extended hearing Thursday to assess his renomination by Gov. Chris Sununu.
However, he would not detail how he might rule in the state’s highest court should Roe v. Wade be overturned federally, citing a longstanding tradition of not commenting on future decisions as a judicial nominee. He declined to divulge his own opinion.
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.
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January 15, 2021
Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) announced that it will end efforts to acquire and affiliate with Exeter Health Resources, according to a Seacoastonline
article by Alexander LaCasse. Wednesday’s news forecloses the possibility of a merger, which would have brought New Hampshire’s Exeter Hospital under the same leadership as the nearby Wentworth-Douglass Hospital in Dover.
Reportedly, MGH told Exeter that it was discontinuing its merger pursuit at the beginning of December. Since then, the parties have spent time managing and maintaining their affiliation until MGH formally opted out of the deal.
Speaking about MGH’s dropped bid, Mark Whitney, Exeter’s vice president of strategic planning, expressed frustration. According to Seacoastonline,
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