State Supreme Court's ruling on Fortney recall was 6-3 split
OLYMPIA — In court filings, Snohomish County Sheriff Adam Fortney argued that his public refusal to enforce the governor’s stay-home order did not amount to inciting the public to break the law.
The state Supreme Court disagreed, explaining why in a 6-3 ruling Thursday.
“Fortney underestimates both the significance of his words and the power of his office,” Justice Mary Yu wrote in the court’s legal opinion released Thursday, in a case about the recall effort against the sheriff.
The state’s highest court had decided in September what the sheriff’s opponents could write in a petition seeking to remove Fortney from office. Until now, justices had not explained in detail why they approved three of the charges to proceed.
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