After participating in 53 rescue operations, saving a dozen lives and finding 41 bodies in disaster zones, Frida, the beloved yellow Labrador retriever from Mexico’s Navy unit, retires. The Mexican navy celebrated the contributions of their canine fellow honoring her in a ceremony on Monday. “Her bark always gave hope, and in moments of pain and uncertainty she brought relief,”. Lizzo Dec 27, 2019
Breakthrough singer-rapper Lizzo has been named Entertainer of the Year by The Associated Press. Voted by entertainment staffers of the news cooperative, Lizzo dominated the pop, R&B and rap charts in 2019 with songs like “Truth Hurts” and “Good As Hell.” Though she released her first album in 2013, Lizzo dropped her major-label debut, “Cuz I Love You,” this year…
The U.S. Supreme Court. (Courthouse News photo/Jack Rodgers)
WASHINGTON (CN) What authority does a board of elected officials possess to censure its members? The issue will be front and center before the U.S. Supreme Court this year.
On Monday, the nation’s high court accepted a petition from the Houston Community College System Board of Trustees outlining the body’s issues with David Wilson, a member of the board. After what the board’s brief outlined as “an increasingly chaotic series of events” set in motion by Wilson, members voted to censure his conduct.
That conduct related to Wilson’s insatiable appetite for lawsuits, the other board members write. They say he filed multiple suits against the board he was elected to represent, leaking confidential information and encouraging others to join him in litigation. Wilson cost the board $300,000 between four lawsuits he filed by 2017.
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Ex-Texas Judge Punished For Using Slur, Improper Call To DA
Law360 (December 22, 2020, 10:20 PM EST) A former state district judge in San Antonio was issued two separate public sanctions on Tuesday for actions taken while on the bench: one for saying racial slurs against Mexican Americans in front of court employees and another for improperly contacting a district attorney during a trial.
According to the Texas Commission on Judicial Conduct, in August 2019 then-Judge Mark Luitjen complained to a bond officer about today s hyper-sensitive environment in regard to what words are acceptable to describe undocumented immigrants or Mexican Americans, noting that what was appropriate yesterday can be scandalous today.
Texas judicial conduct system and Washington bar association grapple with cyberattacks
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Cyberattacks affected the work of the Texas Commission on Judicial Conduct and a website of the the Washington State Bar Association, according to two recent news stories.
The Texas Commission on Judicial Conduct had limited ability to access information and fully investigate complaints as a result of a ransomware attack, according to the commission’s annual report. The problems occurred for “a significant, extended time period,” according to the report.
The commission resolved about 27% fewer cases in fiscal 2020 than in the previous year, the report said.