The
Chair of the Oklahoma Senate Judiciary Committee has introduced a pair
of bills last week that would effectively put control over the Code
of Judicial Conduct into the hands of the legislature, remove references to judicial independence found in the current Code, and require any future changes made by the Supreme Court get the approval of the legislatur
Judicial Conduct into the hands
of the legislature, remove references to
judicial independence found in the current Code, and require any future changes made by the Supreme Court get the approval of the legislatur
judicial independence found in the current Code, and require any future changes made by the Supreme Court get the approval
of the legislature first.
Stemming from the concept
of judicial independence,
chairs of Committees enjoy
judicial immunity with respect to their decisions (but not their decision processes) to allow them to conduct their roles «freely and impartially, without fear
of suit» (para. 61).