{"id":1963547,"date":"2023-07-03T17:40:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-03T21:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sarah-huckabee-sanders-makes-history-in-arkansas-with-state-supreme-court-appointment\/"},"modified":"2023-07-03T17:41:58","modified_gmt":"2023-07-03T21:41:58","slug":"sarah-huckabee-sanders-makes-history-in-arkansas-with-state-supreme-court-appointment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sarah-huckabee-sanders-makes-history-in-arkansas-with-state-supreme-court-appointment\/","title":{"rendered":"Sarah Huckabee Sanders achieves historic milestone as she joins Arkansas State Supreme Court."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsarah-huckabee-sanders-makes-history-in-arkansas-with-state-supreme-court-appointment%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1963547&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Sarah Huckabee Sanders Makes History in Arkansas with State Supreme Court Appointment<\/h2>\n<p>Cody Hiland was appointed to the Arkansas Supreme Court on Monday by Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, heralding a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hollywood-celebs-rage-in-defeat-after-barrett-confirmation-revolting-disgraceful-unconscionable\/\" title=\"Hollywood Celebs Rage in Defeat After Barrett Confirmation: 'Revolting. Disgraceful. Unconscionable'\">conservative majority<\/a> on the court.<\/p>\n<p>Arkansas, the last Southern state to turn red, is becoming even more so in the brief tenure of Sanders, who took office in January.<\/p>\n<p>State Republicans last year elected the 51-year-old Hiland as chairman of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mitch-mcconnells-betrayal-hurts-the-nation-goodwin\/\" title=\"Mitch McConnell\u2019s betrayal hurts the nation\">state party<\/a>. From 2017 to 2020, he served as U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas following his appointment by then-President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Hiland also served as legal counsel for the Arkansas Department of Public Safety and prosecutor for the 20th Judicial District of Arkansas.<\/p>\n<p>He was active in Sanders\u2019 2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-years-work-trump-sarah-huckabee-sanders-set-make-history-arkansas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">campaign for governor<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cToday, I appointed former prosecutor and U.S. attorney Cody Hiland to the Arkansas Supreme Court \u2014 marking the first time the Court will have a conservative majority,\u201d<\/strong> the governor tweeted Monday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Today, I appointed former prosecutor and U.S. attorney Cody Hiland to the Arkansas Supreme Court \u2014 marking the first time the Court will have a conservative majority.<\/p>\n<p>Cody brings decades of legal experience to the job \u2014 and I am confident he will serve our state well. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/w1gmAAyxO8\">pic.twitter.com\/w1gmAAyxO8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sarah Huckabee Sanders (@SarahHuckabee) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SarahHuckabee\/status\/1675914405035356185?\">July 3, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Sanders\u2019 appointment of Hiland came as the result of the recent death from leukemia of 70-year-old Justice Robin Wynne.<\/p>\n<p>Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton tweeted that Hiland\u2019s appointment was \u201can outstanding selection.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCody Hiland is a good friend who is fair, impartial, and will apply the law without favor,\u201d the Republican said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA great day for Arkansas.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">An outstanding selection by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SarahHuckabee?\">@SarahHuckabee<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Cody Hiland is a good friend who is fair, impartial, and will apply the law without favor.<\/p>\n<p>A great day for Arkansas. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ARPX?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ARPX<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JLIjb08JgI\">https:\/\/t.co\/JLIjb08JgI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tom Cotton (@TomCottonAR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomCottonAR\/status\/1675913568754053136?\">July 3, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Asked to comment on the appointment, Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin referred The Western Journal to social media, where he tweeted a description of Hiland as \u201can outstanding appointment.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Congratulations to Associate Justice Cody Hiland! Cody\u2019s experience as a U.S. Attorney and many years of both public service and private practice will serve him well on the Arkansas Supreme Court. He is an outstanding appointment! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/arnews?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#arnews<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gbW8gr9CF2\">pic.twitter.com\/gbW8gr9CF2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Attorney General Tim Griffin (@AGTimGriffin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AGTimGriffin\/status\/1675894679118774272?\">July 3, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Northwest Arkansas businessman Joe Maynard, one of the founders of the state conservative watchdog organization Conduit for Commerce, told The Western Journal, \u201cWe\u2019re good with him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hiland\u2019s appointment is one more indication of the strong conservative leadership presented by Sanders.<\/p>\n<p>Many of us who are state political activists were unsure <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-turning-point-sarah-huckabee-sanders-sworn-governor-arkansas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">what her governorship would bring<\/a>, even though she shone in the brutal position of press secretary for Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Was she coming in as Big Foot on the Huckabee name, or was she the real deal?<\/p>\n<p>One glimpse of the new gubernatorial administration was the December 2022 assumption by Sanders insider Hiland of chairmanship of the state party. He would introduce himself around the state not only as a Republican but as a follower of Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n<p>That was a delightful surprise.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, Sanders recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/sarah-huckabee-sanders-responds-group-demands-remove-kids-chalk-cross-outside-arkansas-governors-mansion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pushed back<\/a> against efforts to remove her children\u2019s Christian artwork on the sidewalk of the governor\u2019s mansion.<\/p>\n<p>Values expressed at meetings I attend at the Washington County Republican Committee sometimes seem to resemble a church service.<\/p>\n<p>Recent victories in the state legislature regarding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/florida-set-adopt-massive-expansion-school-choice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">school choice<\/a> along with restrictions on pushing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/court-hands-transgender-student-crushing-defeat-suing-dress-code-policy-graduation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">transgenderism<\/a> on children and obscene books in public libraries reflect those values and have been credited to Sanders\u2019 leadership.<\/p>\n<p>And as we\u2019re seeing with Trump\u2019s appointments at the national level, all kinds of Supreme Court seats are critical.<\/p>\n<p>A conservative majority on the Arkansas Supreme Court inched closer with the election of Barbara Webb to the court in 2020. She is the wife of Doyle Webb, a longtime state Republican Party chairman.<\/p>\n<p>Although judicial elections in Arkansas are technically nonpartisan, many times judicial candidates can discreetly telegraph their partisan bents. Indeed, given the current political polarity, some have called for removing the fa\u00e7ade to let judicial elections be openly partisan.<\/p>\n<p>The appointment of Hiland tips the balance to the right.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s one more herald in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sarah-huckabee-sanders-makes-history-in-arkansas-with-state-supreme-court-appointment\/\" title=\"Sarah Huckabee Sanders achieves historic milestone as she joins Arkansas State Supreme Court.\">ongoing conservative good news coming<\/a> out of Arkansas.<\/p>\n<p>Given Democratic control from Reconstruction days until recent years, it\u2019s been a long time in coming.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/sarah-huckabee-sanders-makes-history-arkansas-state-supreme-court-appointment\/\">Sarah Huckabee Sanders Makes History in Arkansas with State Supreme Court Appointment<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cody Hiland, a 51-year-old Republican, was appointed to the Arkansas Supreme Court by Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders. This move solidifies a conservative majority on the court, further reflecting the state&#8217;s shift towards the Republican party. Arkansas, the last Southern state to turn red, continues to embrace its conservative values under Sanders&#8217; leadership.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2018,"featured_media":1963548,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1963547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1963547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2018"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1963547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1963547\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1963548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1963547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1963547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1963547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}