Governor appoints justice to Idaho Supreme Court to fill upcoming vacancy

By: Kyle Pfannenstiel

Outlets: Idaho Capital Sun

Published: August 18, 2026

Words: 391

Last Updated: 1 hour, 1 minute ago

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Idaho Gov. Brad Little named an Idaho Supreme Court justice to fill a vacancy left by the retiring chief justice.

Little appointed Fourth District Judge Jason Scott to fill outgoing Chief Justice Richard Bevan’s seat on the state’s highest court, the governor’s office announced Tuesday.

Scott is an Idaho native who earned an accounting degree at Idaho State University before graduating from Duke University’s School of Law in 1997. After law school, he …

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