Sentences with phrase «with judicial misconduct»
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.
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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?
Meanwhile, in order to expedite investigations into the alleged stated misconduct by the High Court Judges, the Chief Justice in accordance with a decision of the Judicial Council has constituted a second Committee to investigate the matter against three of the Judges in line with article 146 (4).
The Quebec Ministry of Justice, describes the non-judicial process as a means of «of dealing with certain offences in a particular way so as to better rationalize the use of resources allocated to the judicial system and not to unduly stigmatize the misconduct of an offender whose behaviour does not warrant judicial action.»
But in Hughes v. Board of Professional Responsibility (PDF), the Tennessee Supreme Court found that his prior misconduct, combined with his felony convictions, demonstrated «a pattern of behavior over a period of years that conflicts with the standards of the bar, the sanctity of our judicial system and the public trust.
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.»
They should be labeled as misconduct only where they interfere with the judge's judicial role.
[67] In this case, a judge with a lengthy and stellar record of service committed a single aberrant and inexplicable act of judicial misconduct.
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.»
(3) If an allegation of misconduct against a provincial judge is made to any other judge or to the Attorney General, the other judge, or the Attorney General, as the case may be, shall provide the person making the allegation with information about the Judicial Council's role in the justice system and about how a complaint may be made, and shall refer the person to the Judicial Council.
(11) After completing the hearing, the Judicial Council may dismiss the complaint, with or without a finding that it is unfounded or, if it finds that there has been misconduct by the judge, may,
With the decision to penalise made by the Judicial Department of the Shandong province, Zhu has become the first ever lawyer to be forcefully stripped of his practising licence by administrative measure, not as a result of any professional misconduct but of exercising his civil right of expression.
His areas of experience span civil actions, judicial review, misconduct proceedings and inquests, with stand - out cases including the 2014 - 2016 Hillsborough inquest and the Jimmy Savile investigation.
The Judicial Council of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, which was charged with reviewing the judicial misconduct complaint against Judge Alex Kozinski of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, has concluded its investJudicial Council of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, which was charged with reviewing the judicial misconduct complaint against Judge Alex Kozinski of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, has concluded its investjudicial misconduct complaint against Judge Alex Kozinski of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, has concluded its investigation.
The function of absolute immunity in the performance of judicial duties is not to shield members of the judiciary from liability for their own misconduct, but rather «to protect their offices from the deterrent effect of suit alleging improper motives where there has been no more than a mistake or a disagreement on the part of the complaining party with the decision made.»
The General Assembly shall prescribe a procedure, in addition to impeachment and address set forth in this Section, for the removal of a Justice or Judge of the General Court of Justice for mental or physical incapacity interfering with the performance of his duties which is, or is likely to become, permanent, and for the censure and removal of a Justice or Judge of the General Court of Justice for wilful misconduct in office, wilful and persistent failure to perform his duties, habitual intemperance, conviction of a crime involving moral turpitude, or conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice that brings the judicial office into disrepute.
Quebec's non-judicial program, according to the website of the province's Ministry of Justice, is a way of «dealing with certain offences in a particular way so as to better rationalize the use of resources allocated to the judicial system and not to unduly stigmatize the misconduct of an offender whose behaviour does not warrant judicial action.»
Rather than use the formal complaint process, the judicial branch continues to use «activity outside the complaint process» as the primary mechanism for dealing with «difficult problems or judicial misconduct and disability.»