The state’s Sunset Advisory Commission (SAC) staff has recommended that the agency responsible for policing judges’ conduct be required to open its closed meetings and confidential records for sunset review.
According to a report released March 8, the State Commission on Judicial Conduct “operates largely behind closed doors to protect the confidentiality of the judges it oversees.” The SAC staff reported that it was not allowed to attend the judicial conduct commission’s closed meetings on judges’ cases or to view memoranda that the commission’s legal counsel provides to the 13 commissioners for use in formulating their rulings.
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