Sentences with phrase «judicial misconduct»

The purpose of judicial misconduct proceedings is essentially remedial.

If the board finds that a judge has committed judicial misconduct, the board can enter a deferred discipline agreement with the judge.

That hearing was held in private and the anonymous judge's conduct was ruled «inappropriate,» but not labelled judicial misconduct.

Example 1 in this question is clear judicial misconduct.

Mitchell and the Utah attorney general's office each filed judicial misconduct complaints against Roberts last year.

One day after the Canadian Judicial Council issued its recommendation to not remove Justice Michel Girouard from the bench — despite a suspicious video of an alleged drug deal — a legal academic is pointing to a glaring lack of independence for judicial misconduct and a possible double standard.

Does Justice Pazaratz's decision constitute judicial misconduct?

The 10th Circuit judicial council found that the federal law that governs judicial misconduct cases only applies to conduct by judges once they take the bench.

Hutchinson, for his part, has no opinion on the evidence against Girouard or the implausibility of his testimony, but he suggests that the process for dealing with judicial misconduct is broken.

The state Judicial Conduct Commission dismissed two other judicial misconduct charges against Daniel L. Ballou of Williamsburg for allegedly contributing $ 562 to U.S. Sen. John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign.

In this case, the Wisconsin Judicial Commission filed a complaint against Justice Gableman alleging that he violated the Wisconsin Judicial Code Conduct [19] and therefore engaged in judicial misconduct under Wis..

The 10th Circuit Judicial Council found that the law governing judicial misconduct did not give it the authority to review alleged conduct that occurred before Roberts became a judge.

In addition to complaints about judicial misconduct, the Act permits any person to allege conduct reflecting a judge's inability to perform his or her duties because of «mental or physical disability.»

Could former President Clinton really be so innocent of the potential judicial misconduct implications of meeting with the person then ultimately responsible for the email investigation; in that, the maneuver allowed the Obama DOJ to absolve itself from a known controversial FBI conclusion?

First, Mauro reports that the Judicial Conference has approved new rules for handling judicial misconduct complaints.

The basis of the alleged judicial misconduct with Justice Zabel is not simply the statements and actions taken by the judge, but also the subsequent public statements he made in court in his apology to the public.

Sen. Mitch Holmes, a St. John Republican, said the issue of addressing judicial misconduct has «just fallen by the wayside for generations.»

Federal judges who do not resign in the face of judicial misconduct proceedings can be impeached and they are from time to time most recently in 2010.

I don't see anything remotely resembling misconduct here (despite deeply appreciating your work on judicial misconduct in the recent past).

They told the justices that the Duff letter «stains the Gold Seal Interpretation with possible judicial misconduct» and the case «can not be regarded as anything other than political expediency and not a judicially reached determination.»

CAP refers the client to the Judicial Qualifications Commission, which deals with complaints concerning judicial misconduct.

The CJC, relying on the Friedland report, determined that the complaint did not warrant further consideration as it did not establish judicial misconduct.

A common thread running through judicial misconduct cases is litigation misconduct by the favored side.

In the reasons for voting against the recommendation for removal the dissenting members argued Camp's request to appear before the council should have been honoured and that, while his comments do amount to judicial misconduct as the majority found, they wanted a sanction short of removal.

Plaintiff - friendly courts, excessive jury verdicts, problematic venue laws, widespread judicial misconduct, a lack of transparency in asbestos litigation and trust claims, disability - access lawsuits targeting small businesses, broad misuse of consumer protection laws, and the highest jury - trial threshold in the nation are all problems that contribute to the state's longstanding reputation as one of the worst places in the country to be sued.

In the course of your answer, perhaps you could touch on whether you have reduced your caseload due to your other responsibilities as chief judge, whether you have taken advantage of the ability to have an extra law clerk, your role in considering judicial misconduct complaints, and your participation as the Tenth Circuit's representative in the Judicial Conference of the United States.

The Michigan Judicial Tenure Commission found Gorcyca guilty of judicial misconduct because of her actions and behavior in the courtroom that day.

Yet the CJC panel, which unanimously recommended that an inquiry be struck, concluded his «actions may constitute judicial misconduct or failure in the due execution of his office, or may have placed him in a position incompatible with the due execution of that office.»

Impeachment of state judges: OK - impeachment for court decision, PA - impeachment for judicial misconduct

Is this post about judicial misconduct or just deserts for a lying juror, asks Crime & Federalism.

... addresses the continuing Canadian angst regarding self - regulation of the legal profession and the continuing investigation into allegations of judicial misconduct against Associate Chief Justice Lori Douglas of the Manitoba Court of Queen's Bench, stemming from her actions prior to her appointment to the bench.

For nine years, she has investigated complaints of judicial misconduct, and now she's looking into a crooked judge who was secretly involved in the construction of a casino on Native - American land.

This blawg discusses recent court decisions and news stories related to legal ethics issues — lawyer advertising, attorney - client privilege, multijurisdictional practice — and follows news stories of allegations and trials related to lawyer or judicial misconduct.

A Quebec judge will not have his day in court after the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed his application for leave to appeal last week in a case where he was accused of judicial misconduct.

Senators favoring the bill appear to be angry over recent state supreme court decisions finding the state legislature's K - 12 funding system unconstitutional and that such decisions may be «judicial misconduct.»

Example 2 would ordinarily be considered an appellate matter but could rise to a judicial misconduct issue if it were pervasive.

Family court rooms are a cess pool of judicial misconduct.

Requires disclosure of number of each type of judicial misconduct or disability that resulted in sanction or censure of a judge.

SB 306 Details information State Commission on Judicial Conduct must release every year must include the number of complaints received by the commission, the number of complaints dismissed without commission action and the reasons (facts alleged did not constitute judicial misconduct, facts alleged did not constitute judicial misconduct or disability, allegation determined unfounded or frivolous).

[67] In this case, a judge with a lengthy and stellar record of service committed a single aberrant and inexplicable act of judicial misconduct.

Keller faces five charges of judicial misconduct and could be removed from the bench.

Judge Keller faces five charges of judicial misconduct and could be removed from the bench.