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Since his June 27 arrest on seven felony counts of aggravated assault, many in Union County are wondering if Justice of the Peace Jack Reynolds, 55, should be removed from his seats on the Union County Quorum Court, the Union County Finance Committee and the El Dorado Water and Sewer Commission.

But legally, he can’t be.

In an opinion written in 2002 by then Attorney General Mark Pryor, a quorum court may not declare a vacancy of office unless the incumbent is convicted of a felony, incompetence, corruption, gross immorality, criminal conduct, malfeasance o...