.@GovHolcomb files motion with #INSupremeCourt asking justices to clarify whether Attorney General #CurtisHill remains eligible to hold the office once a suspension of his law license takes effect on Monday.
Hill has said chief deputy Aaron Negangard will run the office during 30-day suspension, but Holcomb's motion says, "Nowhere in the Indiana Code has the Attorney General been given authority to name a deputy to assume his statutory duties and powers."
Holcomb's motion doesn't ask the court to declare the office vacant, but asks that the justices clarify whether there's a vacancy or not. It notes that if there is a vacancy, it's the governor's obligation to appoint a successor.
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