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Special treatment for Keller may create "bad law" around judicial misconduct

Reacting to the State Commission on Judicial Conduct's "public warning" regarding Judge Sharon Keller, I said on Wednesday that " I don't understand how the "warning" option jibes with earlier reports that the only options available were removal, censure, or exoneration." Now, Mary Alice Robbins at Texas Lawyer has an extended piece exploring that question ("Judicial Conduct Commission Examiner Questions Basis for Public Warning in Keller Case," June 22). She reports that:Seana Willing, the commission?s examiner, contends in an e-mail that the order is based on a rule that does not comport with the Texas Constitution. As examiner in judicial misconduct cases, Willing acts as a prosecutor does in a criminal case, gathering and presenting evidence, often assisted by a private attorney...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on July 23, 2010 (boomark / email).