The Indiana Supreme Court has denied a request for clarification from Governor Eric Holcomb on the suspension of the attorney general’s law license. Curtis Hill is suspended from practicing law starting today, with automatic reinstatement in 30 days. The governor’s legal team wanted to know if that meant Hill was no longer qualified to serve as attorney general under state statute, creating a vacancy in the office.
In an order Monday, the Supreme Court said, ‘These issues were not litigated by the parties and are extraneous to our disciplinary opinion, making intervention inappropriate.”
Hill previously announced that he’d directed his chief deputy to handle his office’s legal operations while he’s suspended. But the Governor’s Office had argued that Indiana Code doesn’t mention that as a possibility.
The Supreme Court suspended Hill’s law license, after a state representative and three legislative assistants accused him of inappropriate touching at an event in 2018.
