Governor Peter Shumlin
announced Tuesday that he’s tapped Attorney Beth Robinson, who argued the state’s civil union case, to fill a vacancy
created when Justice Denise Johnson announced her retirement.
On the tenth anniversary of Vermont’s civil union legislation, VPR’s Jane Lindholm talks with former Chief Justice Jeffery Amestoy about the events leading up to the historic signing.
We talk with retired Vermont Chief Justice Jeffrey Amestoy, who wrote the court decision that led to civil unions -and we hear about the legislative debate that followed, along with a personal reflection on the period.
At
the end of this month, Vermont
will mark ten years since civil unions were adopted for gay and lesbian
couples. The importance of the law is still the subject of
debate.