NH House Testimony

HR8

House · 2025 sessionRepublicanKilled in House

Limits on suspending constitutional officers

AI

Resolves that suspending a constitutional officer falls outside judicial authority and is a power appropriately delegated to the general court.

resolving that the practice of suspending a constitutional officer to be outside the authority designated to the judiciary and appropriately delegated to the general court.

LegislatureState Government

Status

Killed in the House — Inexpedient to Legislate · March 26, 2025
  1. Introduced
  2. House
  3. Adopted

Division of testimony

16 submissions
Support 6Oppose 10Neutral 0
Patricia AnastasiaOpposeLondonderry, NHfor MyselfFeb 19, 2025

It is in the best interest of the people of NH that the body who elects constitutional officers, such as the Secretary of State is not the body that has the authority to suspend constitutional officers. The role of the judiciary is to interpret and apply laws, resolve disputes between parties, protect individual rights, and ensure that justice is served by acting as an impartial arbiter in legal matters, essentially acting as a check on the other branches of government by determining whether laws are constitutional and upholding the rule of law.

Margaret KonzeOpposePembroke, NHfor MyselfFeb 19, 2025

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Magen HaleyOpposeEpsom, NHfor MyselfFeb 19, 2025

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Steven HaleyOpposeEpsom, NHfor MyselfFeb 19, 2025

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Rachel KennonOpposeRochester, NHfor MyselfFeb 19, 2025

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Leigh HutchinsonOpposeDerry, NHfor MyselfFeb 19, 2025

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Lacey FehrenbachOpposeAuburn, NHfor MyselfFeb 19, 2025

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Dotty DohertyOpposeHopkinton, NHfor MyselfFeb 19, 2025

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Daniel RichardsonSupportNashua, NHfor MyselfFeb 19, 2025

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Carol PetrusewiczSupportRochester, NHfor MyselfFeb 19, 2025

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Daniel ItseSupportManchester, NHfor MyselfFeb 19, 2025

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Dylan PalmerOpposeWolfeboro, NHfor MyselfFeb 19, 2025

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Julie SmithSupportNashua, NHfor MyselfFeb 19, 2025

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Gordon SpringateSupportWilton, NHfor MyselfFeb 19, 2025

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Briaunna Fontaine-DethOpposeCanaan, NHfor MyselfFeb 19, 2025

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Russell HodgkinsSupportAmherst, NHfor MyselfFeb 19, 2025

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