LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin has refused to appoint a new member to the Arkansas Ethics Commission in protest of a state law that requires that at least one member be of a minority race. Griffin says that law is unconstitutional.

This may be the first time in state history that the attorney general has rejected his duty to appoint a member to the Arkansas Ethics Commission on these grounds.

"That came as a surprise. I've been here more than 25 years and there's never been a problem with the makeup of the board," said Graham Sloan, director of the Arkansas Ethics Commission.

Monday was supposed to be the last day for Ethics Commission member Miguel Lopez, the only one of the five-member board who currently fulfills the DEI requirement in state law, but the

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