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Approve Resolution Calling for Impeachment of Keller

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That's the title of an OpEd by State Rep. Lon Burnam, author of HR 480.  It appeared in the Saturday edition of the Houston Chronicle.  LINKIn October 2007, I filed a complaint against Judge Keller with the Texas State Commission on Judicial Conduct. In December 2008, the commission completed investigating the judge, but withheld its report from the public. On Feb. 16, 2009, I filed House Resolution 480, which calls for Judge Keller?s impeachment and removal from office. Later that week, the commission released its report charging Judge Keller with violating the Texas Constitution and Code of Judicial Conduct. Last week, a group of 24 national experts on judicial ethics issued a statement that Judge Keller has consistently demonstrated a lack of impartiality in cases involving criminal defendants like Richard that violates their constitutional right to due process of law...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on May 04, 2009 (boomark / email).