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: Kentucky Law BlogJUDGES: Of junkets, gifts, and public perception at the heart of gifts of travel to sitting judges
By Michael Stevens
Public office, public trust, and a public's perception of propriety and confidence in the judicial system are at stake when a judge accepts a gift even in the form of travel expenses to give a lecture. Interesting op-ed piece in the Courier Journal today by David Hawpe. Click on heading for entire op-ed.
The question of junkets for judges, provided by the Foundation for Research on Economics and the Environment, or FREE, is back in the news, and that could be bad news for our own Danny Boggs, chief judge of the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals.
Full post as published by Kentucky Law Blog on February 10, 2008 (boomark / email).
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