Thursday, the Kentucky Supreme Court heard arguments in a case involving the removal of a Confederate statue in Louisville.

Friends of Louisville Public Art sued the Louisville metro government, accusing the city of improperly removing the statue of John B Castleman from Cherokee Triangle Park in 2020.

The group claims the city's Landmarks Commission did not follow due process and that two of the members on the board had a conflict of interest because they worked for then-Mayor Greg Fisher, who had called for the removal of the statue.

The mayor, contrary to all the facts that ultimately came out in the Courier-Journal and elsewhere, had made and kind of put his put his footing in concrete with regard to this particular statue for political reasons, which makes it even more significant that his appointees were the ones acting upon it.

And the Jefferson County Attorney's office told the justices that the appearance of impropriety was not enough to overturn the decision to remove the statue.

Chief Justice Lawrence B then made her question that argument.

You don't think that voting in favor of your employer on an application where you're an will employee is subject to the reasonable appearance of impropriety?

Yes.

You're saying that's the.

Argument that is in appearance.

I understand the reasonableness of that and appearance of impropriety, but I think the law as set out in health Hilltop Basic resources says we are going to look to the decision and we're going to look to the whether or not there's substantial evidence that supports that decision as the ultimate determination.

It's not clear when the court will rule on that case.