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President Donald Trump threatened on Monday to impose a 50% tariff on Canadian automobiles, car parts and steel starting next year as the trade rift with Ottawa continued to deepen.
Chris Sununu and Kelly Ayotte have broken with the tradition of maintaining a bipartisan balance on the New Hampshire Supreme Court so all five justices are Republicans now instead of a 3 to 2 split along party lines at a time when the court is facing heightened public scrutiny and Chief Justice Gordon MacDonald is out on indefinite medical leave.
At 5:42 p.m. Thursday the state Supreme Court issued a statement saying Chief Justice Gordon MacDonald’s medical providers have confirmed that he is not able to work at this time, but did not say why or when he is expected to return.
The state Judicial Conduct Committee has filed formal charges against retired state Supreme Court Justice Anna Barbara Hantz Marconi for conversations she had while on the bench with then-Gov. Chris Sununu and PDA Chairman Steve Duprey about her husband Geno Marconi when he was the director of Ports and Harbors and under criminal investigation.
Democratic Executive Councilor Karen Liot Hill has asked the question of the attorney general that neither the court nor Gov. Kelly Ayotte has answered publicly: “Who is presently authorized to exercise the administrative powers and duties assigned by law and/or the constitution to the Chief Justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court?”
New Hampshire Supreme Court Chief Justice Gordon J. MacDonald is taking a medical leave of absence, effective immediately, according to a brief statement from the court Friday morning that provided no explanation and no details about who is in charge of the court system in his absence.
The state found members of NSC-131, a white supremacy Neo-Nazi group, gathered outside the Teatotaller Café downtown during a drag queen story hour event on Father’s Day morning that year to intimidate the business into denying equal access based on protected characteristics.
There was no harassment or retaliation by Ports and Harbors Director Richard Hartley as alleged by one former and one present employee, according to a statement by the Pease Development Authority released Friday.
The autopsy results showed Scott Thomas, 66, was the victim of homicide and Gerald Gutekunst, 80, committed suicide by setting the 3 a.m. fire Tuesday at 19 Orange St. in Nashua, according to a news release issued by Attorney General John Formella.