Raimondo Orders Flags at Half-Staff in Honor of RI Superior Court Presiding Justice Rodgers
Monday, December 09, 2019
Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo is directing Rhode Island falls to flay at half-staff on Monday in honor of former Rhode Island Superior Court presiding Justice Joseph Rodgers.
Rodgers passed away on Friday.
"Justice Joseph F. Rodgers Jr., our state's youngest-ever statewide justice, worked tirelessly over his 35 years on the bench to ensure that our court system works for its citizens. His legacy of judicial excellence will continue on through his daughter, Justice Kristin E. Rodgers. My thoughts are with his loved ones during this difficult time,” said Raimondo.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTThe flags will remain at half-staff until sunset on Tuesday, December 10, the date of his internment.
About Rodgers
As GoLocalProv wrote on Friday, Rodgers had been the youngest judge in modern Rhode Island history to be appointed to both the District and Superior courts.
In 1974, at age 33, he became an associate justice of the District Court and was elevated to the Superior Court in 1976.
He was a close political ally of the then powerful Speaker of the House Matthew Smith.
Rodgers has served on the Court, the state's main trial court, for over 31 years, longer than any other Superior Court judge in Rhode Island history.
PHOTO: Chris Short/Flickr Commons
Related Articles
- Carcieri Orders Flag at Half Staff for Fallen RI Soldier
- Chafee Orders Flags to Half Staff for Arizona Shooting
- Raimondo Orders U.S. & RI Flags to be Flown at Half Staff
- Raimondo Orders Flags at Half Staff Following School Shooting in Texas
- Raimondo Orders U.S. & RI Flags to Fly at Half-Staff in Honor of Las Vegas Shooting Victims
- Raimondo Orders RI Flags to Fly at Half-Staff in Honor of Judge Walter Stone
- Raimondo Orders U.S. & RI Flags to Fly at Half-Staff in Honor of Texas Shooting Victims
- Raimondo Orders U.S. & RI Flags to Fly at Half-Staff for Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
- Governor Directs U.S. & RI Flags to Fly at Half-Staff in Recognition of Pearl Harbor Remembrance
- Raimondo Changes Mind, Will Fly State Flag at Half-Staff for Cianci
- NEW: Flags at Half-Staff Sunday
- NEW: Governor Chafee Orders Flags Lowered to Half-Staff in Memory of National Guard Specialist
- Raimondo Orders U.S. and RI Flags to Fly at Half-Staff
- Only City Flags Will Fly at Half-Staff for Cianci, Raimondo Refuses to Lower Flags
- Raimondo Orders Flags to Fly at Half-Staff in Honor of McCain
- Raimondo Orders RI Flags to Fly at Half-Staff to Honor Victims of El Paso & Dayton Shootings
- Raimondo Orders Flags to Fly at Half-Staff in Honor of Former RI Supreme Court Justice Shea
- Raimondo Orders Flags to Fly at Half-Staff to Honor September 11 Anniversary
- Raimondo Orders Flags at Half-Staff to Honor Former RI Superior Court Justice Orton III
- Raimondo Directs Flags to Fly at Half-Staff to Honor Victims of Virginia Beach Shooting
- Raimondo Directs RI Flags to Fly at Half-Staff in Honor of Sue Carcieri’s Passing
- Raimondo Orders Flags to Fly at Half-Staff to Honor September 11 Anniversary
