Spencer Cox: “The President does choose the Chief Justice [at the federal…”

“My reasoning for doing that our judicial system is based very closely on the national system, the federal system. And I said, in that case, The President does choose the Chief Justice [at the federal level]. And so I could support the Governor choosing the Chief Justice. But what they had proposed and why I was so concerned was this rolling four year reappointment.” (28:53–28:59)

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