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Posted by: Amelia Ferrell Knisely on Nov 2, 2015

Gov. Bill Haslam said that he hopes to appoint a new Supreme Court judge by the end of this year, the Knoxville News Sentinel reports. The Governor's Council for Judicial Appointments chose the three nominees -- Thomas Radcliffe “Skip” Frierson of Morristown, Robert H. Montgomery Jr. of Kingsport and Roger Amos Page of Medina -- last Tuesday. "Obviously these folks are going to have a lot of weighty decisions so we're going to see their legal knowledge, their judicial temperament and their judicial philosophy to make certain that they fit,” Haslam said. The Supreme Court seat was vacated by the September retirement of Justice Gary R. Wade.