Committee questions Supreme Court justices, report forthcoming
After weeks of circling each other in a rapidly escalating dispute, the legislative and judicial branches finally met Monday in the state Capitol. The Select Committee on Judicial Transparency and Accountability hearing had all the makings of a showdown more typically seen in congressional proceedings: an email scandal, lawmakers prepared with adversarial questions and, seemingly unprecedented at any level, all seven state Supreme Court justices on hand to answer questions. The investigative committee formed last week issued a subpoena for the justices to appear Monday. The subpoena ...