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Congress Should Investigate Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

Federal judge (yes, he's still on the payroll) Samuel Kent is going to prison.  He sexually assaulted his law clerks.  Had Judge Edith Jones and the rest of the Fifth Circuit had their way, Judge Kent would still be a federal judge. Here is my post explaining what those judges did to help a colleague.  Now that Kent is one his way to prison, some questions remain:* Why did Edith Jones, known for being tough-on-crime, treat Judge Kent so gingerly?  Is Judge Jones unable to treat people who appear before her equally?  Is she unable to apply the same standards to judges that she would apply to other litigants?* Edith Jones, who led the disciplinary matter for The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, did not have the power to remove Judge Kent from office...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on June 02, 2009 (boomark / email).