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Credit Travis Ragsdale   A member of the Kentucky Attorney General’s search warrant task force was sanctioned this year for publicly defending the search warrant process and the judge who approved the warrant for Breonna Taylor’s home. Jefferson Circuit Court Judge Charles Cunningham received a private reprimand from the Judicial Conduct Commission in January for comments he made in an op-ed published in The Courier Journal. The reprimand doesn’t name Cunningham, but he confirmed to K...

A District Court judge Monday grilled a state attorney representing the Legislature on Republican lawmakers chosen methods of pursuing their concerns with the judicial branch. Montana Supreme Court Justice Jim Rice was the only justice last month to file a court challenge against a legislative subpoena seeking his communications regarding any polling conducted on pending legislation. The other six justices put a halt to the subpoenas for their own communications, telling the legislative committ...

Judge rules Cyber Ninjas cant hide procedures from public in Arizona Senate GOPs election audit The judge also ruled that lawyers for the Senate GOP and Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs must reach a deal for Hobbs to inspect the audit site. Author: 12 News Updated: 5:13 PM MST April 28, 2021 PHOENIX — The judge who recently took over the case surrounding the Arizona Senate Republicans audit of Maricopa Countys 2020 election results ruled on Wednesday that...

Detroit — A Wayne County judge denied prosecutors request Friday to reverse his decision earlier this month to grant bond to a man accused of killing a Detroit police officer, saying the defendant is not a flight risk or danger to society. Judge Lawrence Talons April 1 ruling in the case of Eddie Ray-Jr. Johnson prompted protests and sharp criticism from Detroit police; Johnson is charged with first-degree murder in connection with the June 2, 2019, shooting death of Detroit police Sgt. E...

Northwest North Carolina Judge Suspended by Paul Garber WFDD FILE PHOTO A Northwest North Carolina district court judge has been suspended following a decision by the state Supreme Court. Under the state’s Judicial Code of Ethics, judges are allowed to serve as executors, but only for family members.  The justices determined Brooks violated that rule when he handled the estates of two family friends. Their order from last week also says he failed to report nearly $90,000 i...

Powers of Armenia’s Supreme Judicial Council head suspended The Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) of Armenia has suspended the powers of Ruben Vardazaryan as its chairman and as a judge of the Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction. In an official statement, the SJC said the decision was made at its closed session on Thursday given that the Prosecutor General’s Office has launched a criminal case against Vardazaryan and under the requirements of Article 86 (Part 7) and Article 165 (Parts 1 and ...

Armenias president refuses to sign judicial reforms bill into law, applies to Constitutional Court Armenia’s President Armen Sarkissian has refused to sign into law a bill calling for changes to the Judicial Code and has unveiled his decision to apply to the Constitutional Court to challenge its constitutionality. The draft law was submitted to the president for approval on March 22. Sarkissian discussed the bill with the justice minister and the chairman of the National Assembly Standing Com...

10:58 • 12.04.21 President Armen Sarkissian will apply to the Constitutional Court to dispute the conformity of the recently proposed amendments to the Judicial Code with the Constitution of Armenia. The bill, submitted for approval on March 22, was earlier discussed with, and received clarifications from, the minister of justice and the chairperson of the National Assembly’s Standing Committee of State and Legal Affairs. It was also considered with the chairman of the Supreme Judicial Cou...

The Pennsylvania House has passed resurrected legislation seeking to provide additional lawsuit protections for businesses facing legal claims arising out of COVID-19-related injuries and deaths. “These liability protections are targeted, narrow in scope and temporary, which Pennsylvania businesses desperately need as they struggle to overcome the economic challenges the COVID-19 pandemic has placed on them,” said Gene Barr, president and CEO of the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Indu...

Jabu Kumalo Douglas Gibson writes that he doesnt agree with the Judicial Conduct Committees ruling against Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng and says the chief justice should reject it. It seems that the mechanism to hold judges to account is working. In a remarkably expeditious process, retired Judge Phineas Mojapelo, acting for the Judicial Conduct Committee, found that Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng had breached the Judicial Code of Conduct and instructed him to apologise unreservedly in a form d...