Sarah Huckabee Sanders says new nominee will create a conservative majority for state Supreme Court [View all]
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R) announced that she will nominate J. Cody Hilland as the next justice for the state Supreme Court, adding that his appointment would give the court a conservative majority for the first time ever.
“I am pleased to announce that I have selected another former prosecutor and a U.S. Attorney Cody Hyland for this role,” she announced Monday at the Arkansas State Capitol. “Cody brings a lifetime of legal experience to the job from his early days as a staff attorney in state government and an aide to my dad, who was also here today. He made service to Arkansas the centerpiece of his career.”
Hilland was nominated by former President Trump in 2017 to be the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas and was confirmed by the Senate in September 2017. He later resigned from the role on December 31, 2020 and then became the chief legal counsel for the Arkansas Department of Public Safety before stepping down to work for Sanders’ gubernatorial campaign, the governor said.
“Cody comes from the same mold as some of the finest jurors we have in the country today,” Sanders said. “The same legal minds who are finally bringing back strict originalism to our courts. This is the first time Arkansas Supreme Court will have a conservative majority. And I know it will have the same effect on our state as it has had on our country.”
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