That affair was one of the developments that led to the current judicial discipline process at the federal level in the 1970s. (slaw.ca)
The Special Committee was also directed to study the issue of judicial discipline. (wisciviljusticecouncil.org)
A sharply divided national federal judicial discipline committee ruled 3 to 2 in late April that it had no power to sanction Real, 81, because the chief judge of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals failed to properly investigate the complaint. (articles.latimes.com)