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Governor Veto Threatens Judicial Independence | Durham News
Governor Josh Stein is poised to veto a controversial bill that would grant the state’s chief justice unprecedented power to suspend trial judges without pay during investigations — a move he says threatens judicial independence. Citing that no other state’s chief justice holds such authority, Stein argues this power should not rest with the chief justice, drawing parallels to how legislative and executive leaders can’t suspend their own peers. Though the bill includes a recommendation process by the Judicial Standards Commission, Stein decries it as toothless, since commission appointments…
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