For the sec­ond time in his role as At­tor­ney Gen­er­al, John Je­re­mie, SC, has over­seen the ap­point­ment of a Chief Jus­tice, this time fol­low­ing the sud­den res­ig­na­tion of for­mer Chief Jus­tice Ivor Archie af­ter 17 years in of­fice.

While Archie had pre­vi­ous­ly in­di­cat­ed he would step down on a date yet to be de­cid­ed, his swift de­par­ture came as a sur­prise, es­pe­cial­ly since he had state-ap­proved trav­el as Chief Jus­tice set for No­vem­ber. It re­mains un­clear how many cas­es may have been left un­re­solved in his ab­sence.

Archie was first ap­point­ed CJ un­der the Patrick Man­ning PNM ad­min­is­tra­tion when John Je­re­mie served as his At­tor­ney Gen­er­al. Je­re­mie, no­tably, is the AG un­der the UNC ad­min­is­tra­tion at the time of Archie’s ex­it.