tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841866593898210279.post4820297939589496151..comments2023-10-31T03:54:17.210-05:00Comments on Thus Blogged Anderson: Justice announces retirementAndersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02325205512110155291noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841866593898210279.post-34519484800906435862011-11-14T17:09:52.259-06:002011-11-14T17:09:52.259-06:00Okay, then -- admirable, and not quite like Armis ...Okay, then -- admirable, and not quite like Armis Hawkins.Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02325205512110155291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841866593898210279.post-46721494514690579472011-11-14T16:05:35.414-06:002011-11-14T16:05:35.414-06:00I apparently remembered the circumstances of Justi...I apparently remembered the circumstances of Justice Hawkins retirement completely wrong. He retired and Judge Mills was appointed. Having been politely corrected by email, I am scratching my head trying to recall who it was that did what I described.NMissChttp://nmisscommentor.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841866593898210279.post-78891855171785836722011-11-14T15:30:12.988-06:002011-11-14T15:30:12.988-06:00Admirable, and just like Armis Hawkins.
(I had fo...Admirable, and just like Armis Hawkins.<br /><br />(I had forgotten his <a href="http://www.folo.us/2008/08/25/justice-hawkins-wrote-justice-easley-and-told-him-off/" rel="nofollow">letter to Justice Easley</a> that NMC posted back in a prior incarnation. It improves with age.)Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02325205512110155291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841866593898210279.post-38108822797220229512011-11-14T15:25:29.989-06:002011-11-14T15:25:29.989-06:00Hawkins, for one, did that out of principle: He t...Hawkins, for one, did that out of principle: He thought that our system had elected judges, like it or not, he had been elected to serve a full term, and did so, letting the voters pick next.<br /><br />Would not surprise me to learn that Justice Carlson had similar views. I will ask him next time I see him.NMissChttp://nmisscommentor.comnoreply@blogger.com