Baddourah v. Baddourah

Summary

The court held that the circuit court had subject matter jurisdiction to interpret the constitutional limits on the Governor's suspension authority, even though the suspension decision itself was discretionary. It affirmed that a city council member is not part of the constitutional Legislative Branch and held that the charged second-degree domestic violence offense, as particularized in the indictment, involved moral turpitude, giving the Governor authority to suspend him. The court therefore affirmed the dismissal as modified and declined to dismiss the appeal as moot because the issues were capable of repetition yet evading review.