By Jimmy Hoover | July 10, 2024
The allegations in the impeachment articles largely track reporting by ProPublica, The New York Times and other outlets about the justices' conduct away from the Supreme Court, which is now on summer recess after another monumental term in which Alito and Thomas played an important role.
By Adolfo Pesquera | July 10, 2024
Prosecutors contended that probable cause existed, but the motion to dismiss states "insufficient evidence to prove beyond a reasonable doubt" because the complainant was uncooperative.
By Adolfo Pesquera | July 10, 2024
The judge testified he was never informed that using such sexually charged words toward women made them feel sexually harassed.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | July 9, 2024
Once a judge and their spouse jointly hire a law firm to mediate their divorce negotiations, the judge is disqualified, subject to remittal, in all matters where the law firm appears. This obligation lasts while the mediation relationship is ongoing and for two years after the mediation relationship completely ends and all fees are paid.
By Brian Lee | July 9, 2024
It is inconsistent "for a judge to stoke rather than quell dissension among court staff," said counsel to the commission.
By Avalon Zoppo | July 9, 2024
Pauline Newman failed to show the statute is unconstitutional "in all of its applications" since it gives committees investigatory powers that fall outside the Fourth Amendment, such as interviewing court employees, U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper ruled.
By Michael A. Mora | July 9, 2024
"To engage in such behavior is to engage in the type of negative campaigning that is common in other types of campaigns but not permitted in judicial elections," the Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission asserted.
By Lisa Willis | July 9, 2024
"Sir, I'm doing something here," the judge reportedly told a defendant who came into his courtroom. "Could you shut up and sit down?"
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | July 8, 2024
A new full-time judge may retain the lease of the office previously used for the judge's solo legal practice, where the lease is in the name of the judge and not the law firm under which the judge was doing business.
By Cheryl Miller | July 8, 2024
In a 30-page order, the council said Joshua Kindred bombarded his clerks with hundreds of texts containing "crude, sexual, personal and vulgar messages" about his and their personal lives.
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