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Montpelier, VT – Vermont's newest Supreme Court justice took the oath of office Monday. WAMC's North Country Bureau Chief Pat Bradley has more...
Governor Peter Shumlin administered the oath Monday to lawyer and long-time gay rights advocate Beth Robinson in a ceremony at the Supreme Court in Montpelier.
Last month, Shumlin nominated the 46-year-old Robinson to the seat on the five-member court being vacated by retiring associate justice Denise Johnson.
Robinson was on the legal team that represented three same-sex couples at the center of the landmark state Supreme Court decision in 1999 that led to passage of Vermont's ground-breaking civil unions law.
She headed up Vermont freedom to marry, which won passage of full marriage for same-sex couples in 2009.
Since January, Robinson had served as Shumlin's general counsel.
I'm Pat Bradley, WAMC News.
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