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Impeaching Sharon Keller: First Lege discussions on removing Court of Criminal Appeals' Presiding Judge

For the first time in 34 years last night, the Legislature heard an impeachment resolution regarding a sitting judge - Presiding Judge Sharon Keller of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. I couldn't attend but am listening to the hearing online this morning.Rep. Lon Burnam who brought the resolution said the Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence Committee is being asked to form a committee to scrutinize Keller's conduct, said Burnam, not to make the judgment themselves.Here's initial coverage from the Dallas News , the Austin Statesman, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, and the Daily Texan. For those with a few extra hours on their hands, here's a link to the hearing video archive; Burnam's HB 480 begins at the 3:03 mark.Impeachable offenses are not defined in the Constitution, said Burnam, but Ferguson vs...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on April 28, 2009 (boomark / email).