Marilyn Stewart's lawsuit says her firing by the Alaska State Commission for Human Rights was “in violation of some of the very laws it exists to enforce.'
Marilyn Stewart in a 2018 campaign photo when she was running for House District 21.
The Human Rights Commission was established under state law to investigate reports of discrimination and find remedies. Commissioners are appointed by the governor, and the commission reports directly to the governor’s office. In her third day on the job, according to the lawsuit, Stewart reached out to the state Department of Administration about the difference.
Stewart claims in the lawsuit that the then-commission chair called her “incompetent” during the meeting and said she wasn’t qualified to be the commission’s director. The lawsuit also claims the former chairperson, who is Alaska Native, said at the meeting that an Alaska Native person would be better qualified for the job and that if Stewart worked for an Alaska Native corporation, she would’ve already been fired.
At another meeting about a week later, the commission voted 4-3 to fire Stewart. The lawsuit alleges the chairperson and another commissioner convinced two others to vote for the termination.
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