State Supreme Court Archives

OPINION: Dan Will Did Indeed Argue That Constitutional Rights Can Be Suspended When Government Declares An Emergency

February 9, 2026 New Hampshire’s Iron Marshal

We Have the Receipts! The current hottest topic in #nhpolitics is the nomination of Dan Will to the New Hampshire Supreme Court. Much of the debate about Will’s fitness for the State Supreme Court involves whether Will, as the State’s Solicitor General, defended a lawsuit challenging former Governor Chris Sununu’s COVID-mandates by arguing that the … Read more

RebuildNH Opposes The Nomination of Judge Daniel Will to the NH Supreme Court [Updated]

January 31, 2026January 29, 2026 Op-Ed

Update: Link added to contact the Executive Council. Concord, NH — RebuildNH today announced its strong opposition to Governor Kelly Ayotte’s nomination of Judge Daniel Will to the New Hampshire Supreme Court, warning that his confirmation would threaten core constitutional freedoms and tilt the Court decisively against conservative litigants for years to come. “Opposing a judicial … Read more

OPINION: Conservatives Must Oppose Judge Daniel Will’s Nomination to the NH Supreme Court

January 28, 2026 Cornerstone Action

Concord, NH — At Cornerstone, opposing a judicial nominee is not a decision we take lightly. As New Hampshire’s only litigation nonprofit on the political right, opposing a justice’s confirmation means alienating the very judges we must appear before. Today’s news that Governor Ayotte has nominated Judge Daniel Will to the New Hampshire Supreme Court … Read more

MURRAY: Gong Show 2 – “The Plea Deal Circus”

October 8, 2025October 8, 2025 Tom Murray

Step right up, folks, the Granite State’s justice system has outdone itself. Justice Anna Barbara Hantz Marconi, a sitting member of the New Hampshire Supreme Court, has officially pled nolo contendere, that’s Latin for “I did it, but let’s not make it awkward.” Her crime? Criminal Solicitation of Misuse of Position, using her office to … Read more

The Four State Supreme Court Judges Who Voted to Keep Trump off the Primary Ballot Need to be Impeached

December 20, 2023December 20, 2023 Steve MacDonald

The US Supreme Court has been asked to weigh in on a Colorado State Supreme Court ruling. The Colorado Court’s 4-3 decision prevents Donald Trump from appearing on the state’s upcoming primary ballot based on a very unjudicial assumption.

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The Judicial System’s “Policy” on Mental Health and Fitness for Duty matters within the Profession

July 7, 2023 Laurie Ortolano

I have had discussions with the Attorney Discipline Office (ADO) about Nashua’s Corporation Counsel and his fitness for duty. I tried to address this matter confidentially first with an Alderman, then the Board of Alderman, and the Mayor. The topic was too hot to touch. I then turned to the ADO.

I Think The Vermont State Constitution Prohibits All Non-Citizen Voting …

January 27, 2023 Steve MacDonald

The Vermont State Supreme Court has just ruled that non-citizens may vote in the state’s municipal elections because the provision in the State Constitution that defines eligible Vermont voters does not apply to municipalities.

Breaking: Gordon MacDonald Confirmed to NH State Supreme Court

January 22, 2021 Steve MacDonald

New Hampshire’s 5-member Executive Council, after watching almost 8 hours of interrogation by folks like you and me – and the usual suspects – has confirmed AG Gordon MacDonald to the New Hampshire State Supreme Court.

Lawless New Hampshire AG Nominated to State’s Highest Court

January 15, 2021January 15, 2021 Op-Ed

Gov. Sununu nominated business persecutor and law-bender Gordon MacDonald, the state’s attorney general, to the N.H. Supreme Court. A public hearing concerning his nomination to the chief justice position is coming before the Executive Council on Jan. 21.

Will the NH High Court Allow Fully Remote Legislative Sessions or Do They Violate the Constitution?

October 26, 2020 Steve MacDonald

If you missed it, in late September, Democrat leadership advanced a motion, rammed through might be a better turn of phrase, to request an opinion of the State’s High Court. Mother May I go to a full remote session without violating Part II, Article 20 of the NH Constitution (achieving a quorum). Problem? Plenty of them.

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Could a NH Court Harpoon Facebook’s Claims to Immunity Under the Communications Decency Act?

July 31, 2020 Steve MacDonald

Social Media giants like Facebook enjoy immunity from the content posted on their pages because they claim they are not the publisher, just a platform. Section 230 (C) of the Communications Decency Act enshrines this loophole, but the NH Supreme Court may have put a tiny chink in their armor.

Was the Claremont Lynching Story a Fake Hate Crime?

August 10, 2019August 7, 2019 Steve MacDonald

It was advertised as an attempted lynching. Stories accompanied by pictures of a bi-racial boy’s neck with rope burns and labeled as a hate crime. But the New Hampshire State Supreme Court is now hinting that it was a false narrative.

Support the State Supreme Court Challenge to the NH House Firearms Ban

August 5, 2019 Steve MacDonald

It seems like just yesterday (it was the day before). We reported on the court tossing a complaint. The question was, does a temporary majority in the NH House have a right to ignore the State Constitution. At least one judge claims they do.

Democrats are Still Colluding With Out-of-State Voters to Steal NH Elections

September 26, 2018July 14, 2018 Steve MacDonald

The State Supreme Court has ruled (in its analysis of HB1264, which the governor then signed yesterday) that out-of-state college students do not have more rights than actual citizens of New Hampshire. They are not entitled to a special exclusion from the responsibilities actual residents accept including registering vehicles in the Granite State or obtaining a New Hampshire driver’s license. And asking these things of them is not a poll tax.

This is as it should be but New Hampshire Democrats have been stealing elections from Granite Staters for years and in spite of the court’s opinion they are ramping up to try and rob you of at least one more.

New Hampshire State Supreme Court: HB1264 is Constitutional, And Then Some…

September 26, 2018July 12, 2018

I see two of the New Hampshire State Supreme Court have almost put an end to our policy of letting out-of-state, unqualified voters determine our Federal elections.

The two others, Gary Hicks and Jimmy Bassett, should be removed from office for lack of enough common sense to be on any court.

The majority found that out-of-state “voters” are not just prohibited from serving on a jury, registering a car or dog, or getting a hunting/fishing license. They can’t use New Hampshire as a fun place to vote either. This decision took twenty years.

NH House Redistricting Plan Stands

September 26, 2018June 20, 2012 Steve MacDonald

The State Supreme Court does not believe the redistricting plan passed by the State legislature violates the State Constitution.

PER CURIAM. These consolidated cases are before us on interlocutory transfer without ruling from the Superior Court (Brown, J.). See Sup. Ct. R. 9. The petitioners, New Hampshire voters and the towns and municipalities in which some of them live, seek a declaration that Laws 2012, chapter 9, the law redistricting the New Hampshire House of Representatives (the Plan), violates the State Constitution. We conclude that such a declaration is unwarranted.

Emphasis Mine.

I confess that I am not familiar with all the intricacies of the debate, but whenever the State Supreme Court opts out of meddling with something a majority of the elected legislature has passed–and then passed again after the Democrat Governor vetoed it–it is usually a good day.

But it gets better.

Today’s historic vote on CACR-12: A message for wavering Republicans….

September 26, 2018June 6, 2012

I haa an animated discussion early today with several members of the State House of Representatives. They will be called upon to vote for or against the awful CACR-12 proposed state constitutional amendment. CACR-12 will essentially do the bidding of the five policy activists in black robes on the state supreme court. But they are … Read more

CACR-12 must be DEFEATED. It is poison.

September 26, 2018June 4, 2012

CACR-12 is the much-touted “educational amendment” that is said to aggresively deal with the egregious and outrageous “Claremont decisions” by the New Hampshire state Supreme Court. It does nothing of the sort. Here’s why:

Landmark Ruling?

September 26, 2018November 27, 2010 Steve MacDonald

It is never a good idea to expect any kind of consistency in the application of rulings by your State Supreme Court but in this case they did and I have to wonder what the broader applications could be?

The New Hampshire State Supreme Court dismissed a lawsuit in which a golfer sued a golf course because he got hit in the eye by his own shot (off a yard marker).

Dan Tuohy, correspondent for the Union Leader reports today that Paul F. Sanchez does not have a case against Candia Woods Golf Course, which is mundane until you read the language used by the court to explain its dismissal.

Bird Ruffles Feathers–Gets three to six

August 29, 2022November 19, 2010 Steve MacDonald

The problem seems to be that Bird had confronted a woman who had accidentally wandered onto his property in search of directions, and he was in no mood for small talk. He brandished his sidearm when she did not leave at his request for which he was charged and convicted of criminal threatening.