We’re
no
stranger
to
covering
Supreme
Court
power
couples.
Few
relationships
have
been
cuter
than
Scalia
and
Ginsburg
or
Thomas
and
Crow.
But
those
have
been
federal;
it
is
worth
pivoting
attention
to
state-level
Supreme
Courts
every
once
in
a
while.
Take
New
Hampshire,
for
instance.
During
October
of
last
year,
Justice
Anna
Barbara
Hantz
Marconi
was
charged
for
allegedly
trying
to
meet
with
the
governor
to
get
some
special
treatment
for
her
husband
during
his
criminal
investigation.
Reuters
has
coverage:
New
Hampshire
Supreme
Court
Justice
Anna
Barbara
Hantz
Marconi
pleaded
no
contest
to
a
misdemeanor
and
was
sentenced
to
a
$1,200
fine
after
striking
a
deal
to
resolve
charges
that
she
attempted
to
interfere
with
a
criminal
investigation
involving
her
husband.Hantz
Marconi,
69,
was
sentenced
by
Judge
Martin
Honigberg
in
Merrimack
Superior
Court
in
Concord
after
pleading
no
contest
to
criminal
solicitation
of
misuse
of
position.
The
plea
deal
allowed
her
to
avoid
a
trial
where
she
faced
the
possibility
of
a
felony
conviction
and
prison
time.
Nothing
says
“instilling
trust
in
the
judiciary”
quite
like
a
financial
slap
on
the
wrist
and
getting
back
to
work!
While
her
law
license
has
been
suspended
for
the
last
year,
she’s
set
up
to
get
back
to
judging
if
her
license
is
reinstated.
The
only
real
question
is
if
this
ordeal
will
make
her
more
lenient
or
harder
on
family
disputes
that
come
before
her.
For
the
record,
she’s
one
of
five
Republican
appointees
sitting
on
the
bench
—
I
imagine
that
if
a
Democrat
appointed
judge
got
busted
for
trying
to
abuse
her
power
to
get
her
husband
out
of
a
criminal
proceeding,
this
would
be
getting
a
lot
more
news
time
elsewhere.
New
Hampshire
Supreme
Court
Justice
Fined
$1,200,
Avoids
Prison
Under
Plea
Deal
[Reuters]
Chris
Williams
became
a
social
media
manager
and
assistant
editor
for
Above
the
Law
in
June
2021.
Prior
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joining
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he
moonlighted
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School
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He
endured
Missouri
long
enough
to
graduate
from
Washington
University
in
St.
Louis
School
of
Law.
He
is
a
former
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who
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swim, is
interested
in
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and
humor,
and
has
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cycling
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occasionally
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