Spradlin v. Arkansas Ethics Commission

Robert H. Dudley, Justice.

The six other members of this court have disqualified from participation in this appeal for separate and valid reasons of their own. The appellants have respectfully suggested that all members of this court might desire to disqualify. See Rule 27 of the Rules of the Supreme Court. I decline to do so on the basis suggested by appellants but, even so, have decided that I ought to disqualify for a different reason.

This appeal involves the appointment of the minor political party representative to the State Ethics Commission. Under the initiated act that created the…