How can you make any assessment of how judicial misconduct mechanisms are working unless you reach out to the
victims of judicial misconduct who have used them?
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.
... 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.
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.
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.
[67] In this case, a judge with a lengthy and stellar record of service committed a single aberrant and inexplicable
act of judicial misconduct.
The Michigan Judicial Tenure Commission found Gorcyca
guilty of judicial misconduct because of her actions and behavior in the courtroom that day.
The committee wrote that disability retirement was a proper step for judges who could no longer serve, but «it is not, however, a safe harbor from
allegations of judicial misconduct.»
The Commission on Judicial Conduct is the state agency responsible for investigating complaints
of judicial misconduct and, when necessary, for recommending disciplinary actions insuring judicial independence and public accountability.
A committee of chief circuit judges prepared the Illustrative Rules Governing Complaints
of Judicial Misconduct and Disability in 1986, and the Judicial Conference of the United States adopted a revised set of these Rules in 2000.