POLS 121 Chapter Notes - Chapter NA: Judicial Restraint, United States Senate Committee On The Judiciary, Justiciability
18 Nov 2020
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January 5th, 2017, from appointing a successor to the office held by associate justice. Associate justice john dooley"s current term expires on april 1st, 2017. Court concludes that petitioners have standing to bring the action and that respondent doesn"t have the authority to appoint justice dooley"s successor. Associate justice was appointed to a six year term as a justice of the supreme court in 1987: the general assembly voted to retain justice dooley for an additional 6 year term in. 1993, 1999, 2005 and 2011: dooley did not declare to the secretary of state by the deadline required that he would be seeking retention for another term beyond march 31st, 2017. This date is the last day of his current term. Respondent, governor shumlin, a democrat, was elected as governor in 2010, 2012 and. 2014: he did not seek reelection in the fall of 2016 for another term as governor, phil scott, a republican, won the election in november 2016.
