MacDonald: Gordon MacDonald, Lessons, And Elections

There’s a line from the original DIE HARD movie — lots of them, truly — but this one popped into my head when I heard the news that the New Hampshire State Supreme Court Chief Justice resigned (after a fake medical leave).

“We’re gonna need some more FBI guys, I guess.”

New Hampshire’s judicial system could use a lot more investigating, and we warned everyone about Gordon when Sununu nominated him, but that’s not why I’m reminded of the quote. The word “high” in high court doesn’t mean turnover, but we’ve had some.

We’re gonna need another State Supreme Court justice, and another soft-shell Republican governor gets to pick them.

Kelly Ayotte’s job is to nominate insiders to fill positions all across state government, including judges, and we should expect her next one to be as lousy as most of Chris Sununu’s were.

We knew Gordon MacDonald was a little dirty, but New Hampshire has a bigger problem than covering for his abrupt resignation.

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