The state Senate has confirmed Gov. John Carney’s two nominees for Delaware's Supreme Court, including a lawyer tapped by Carney for the high court after being arrested for drunken driving.
John Carney, governor of Delaware, speaks during the SelectUSA Investment Summit in National Harbor, Maryland, US, on Wednesday, May 3, 2023. The summit is to establish new connections and opportunities to grow through investing in the US, accordingThe state Senate has confirmed Gov. John Carney’s two nominees for the Delaware Supreme Court, including a lawyer tapped by Carney for the high court after he was arrested for drunken driving.
Senate Minority Whip Brian Pettyjohn of Georgetown described Carney’s decision to forego nominating a justice from central Delaware as "insulting." Before the Senate vote, Pettyjohn questioned Griffiths during a Senate Executive Committee hearing about the traffic stop that led to his arrest, but Griffiths offered few details.
"I’m a black man driving around in lower Delaware at a mostly white beach, and I want to go home to my family," Griffiths said. "There’s a lot of things in the national news that are burned in our minds and our hearts, and I wanted that officer to know "we’re on the same team.’"
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