All posts tagged "texas state commission on judicial conduct"
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2.5KJudgesThe Number of Complaints Against Texas Judges Nearly Doubles in 5 Years. In 2019, Over 91 Percent of Those Complaints Were Dismissed. Someone’s Lyin’
Just under 2,000 complaints against Texas Judges and nearly all are dismissed. That's not a good statistic.
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4.3K4Federal LawTexas Supreme Court Chief Justice Seeks Re-election. We Look at the Alternatives and Endorse One.
Abbott, the front-runner for the Republican gubernatorial nomination, is a former state Supreme Court justice who was on the bench with Hecht...
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39.1K1Federal LawTexas Lawyer Mark Benavides and the Sex for Services Scandal which is Actually Commonplace in Texas Legal Circles
Texas lawyer Mark H. Benavides was indicted again on a charge of continuous trafficking of persons in connection with allegations involving four...
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5.3K1Laws In TexasSix Plus Years Later, This Texas Judge’s Texting Scandal Did Nothing to Halt Her Career on the Bench. A Second Judge Was Politically Slapped into Resigning.
Brian Wice, a former judge who serves as a legal analyst for KPRC, said Texas district court judges have no business sitting...
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2.9K1Federal LawTexas Lawyer Keen[e] to Resign After being Criminally Charged with Soliciting a Client for Sex, in Exchange for Legal Services
The Texas Supreme Court accepted James W. Keene’s resignation in lieu of discipline, which has the same legal impact as disbarment. Keene...
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2.2K1NewsAbbott the Law. How the Governor of Texas Reigns Supreme, For Now. #RESTORETX
Two former members of Texas state’s disciplinary board for judges claim Gov. Greg Abbott ousted them for initially voting to sanction a...
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3.5K4NewsGov. Greg Abbott Tried to Come to the Defense of Racist Texas Judges But it’s Ended Up Backfiring on Twitter
TEXAS Gov. Gregg Abbott is trying to condone his non-lawyer Judge Oakley comments and play down the racism and sexism that's rife...
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4.3K5Federal LawJudge James Oakley of Burnet County; Roped In Twice and Escapes Again
Texas Judicial Ethics Guide : We condone everything and welcome Judges to do, and say, whatever they want. Especially repeat offenders.
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2.3KJudgesTexas Judges Questions his Own Competence On the Bench and Quickly ‘Retires’
JUDGE DOUG SHAVER: “I have no concern, nor does anyone else about my mental facilities. I’m simply getting older & my energy...
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2.9KFederal LawTexas Judges May Wear Black Robes But They Cloak Darker Secrets
There was a judge that should’ve been put in the electric chair, and he only had his hand slapped, recalled former Commissioner...
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4.3K4Federal LawWhere is Former Texas State Chief Judge Joel “Sexting” Baker Working Today? Oh, BTW, he was also Vice Chair at the State Comission for Judicial Conduct (SCJC)
Shamed Judge and Texas Lawyer Joel Baker would be left to defend himself in front of the same panel he has served...
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KKK Facebook Post by a Judge in Texas Gets a Public Censure vs. NY Justice Who is Forced to Resign and Never Seek Reelection Ever Again
I feel as though, due to my current financial situation and obligations to my family, I am being coerced into resigning. So...
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2.7K1JudgesAnother Wrist Slap by SCJC for State Judge ‘Bud’ Turcotte who is a No-Show at His Own Disciplinary Hearing, is Guilty of Not Recusing Himself and Generally Disrespecting the Judicial Oath
The State Commission on Judicial Conduct concludes that Judge Turcotte exhibited incompetence in the law by not recusing himself in a timely...
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5.4K1Ken PaxtonJudge Bonnie “The Actor” Rangel Slapped for Failure to Maintain a Law License Again; this is her Seventh Suspension
The State Commission on Judicial Conduct concludes that these actions constitute willful and persistent conduct clearly inconsistent with the proper performance of...
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4.8KFederal LawHilary H. Green, a Texas Judge who was Suspended Amid Allegations She used Drugs, Sexted a Bailiff and Hired Prostitutes Retires Prior to Her Trial
Their 2015 divorce proceedings also revealed a series of other accusations as Ron Green - then Houston's second-highest-ranked political official - accused...
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4.3K1Federal LawTexas State Commission on Judicial Conduct – What Happened and Where are the Texas Judges Now (2019)?
We note at the outset that the function of the Commission is not to punish instead, its purpose is to maintain the...
