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I stand corrected, again

By Shawn Matlock

Just ask my wife, I screw things up.  Yesterday, I wrote about how the "Resign to run" provision of the Texas Constitution didn't prohibit a sitting District Judge from running for District Attorney unless the judge resigned the bench.  I was right.  At least about that.Faithful commenter "et" whom I can only assume to be Edin Tally, remarked yesterday evening that while I was right about that provision, I had apparently forgotten about that pesky Code of Judicial Conduct.Specifically, I should have re-read read Canon 5(3) which states:"A judge shall resign from judicial office upon becoming a candidate in a contested election for a non-judicial office either in a primary or in a general or in a special election. A judge may continue to hold judicial office while being a candidate for election to or serving as a delegate in a state constitutional convention or while being a candidate for election to any judicial office...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Matlock Blog on May 07, 2009 (boomark / email).