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Shekarchi’s Judicial Bid Tests Revolving Door Rules | Providence News
Rhode Island’s Judicial Nominating Commission faces a high-stakes decision: should former House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi, who stepped down just months ago, be appointed to a lifetime Supreme Court seat? His move directly clashes with the state’s “revolving-door” rules—enacted after a 1991 banking scandal—to prevent lawmakers from immediately cashing in on their political clout. These rules require a one-year cooling-off period before former legislators can take paid state jobs, especially those confirmed by the very bodies they once led. The Supreme Court has backed these rules as…
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