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Judging the judge

By Shawn Matlock

All jokes aside, sometimes judges do things that require them to be judged.  To be held to a higher standard.  To be called upon to act at a higher level than the general public.  Some, if not many, might call those times elections.  But that is another discussion for another day.  In the interim, when it's not time to potentially throw out a judge at an election, there is another means to accomplish this goal; impeachment.Impeachment is exactly what State Representative Lon Burnam of Fort Worth is trying to do to Court of Criminal Appeals Presiding Judge Sharon Keller.  You might recall Judge Keller refused to keep the courthouse open after 5 p.m. when it was clear the attorneys for convicted murderer Michael Wayne Richard would be seeking a last minute appeal in light of SCOTUS' decision to hear arguments in the Baze v...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Matlock Blog on February 16, 2009 (boomark / email).