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That Detroit Judge Suspended For Humiliating Black Teen Girl, Just Returned To Work to More Bad News
Judge Kenneth King has been demoted from hearing major felonies to handling speeding tickets.
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NY Judge Who Flashed His Gun in Court Suspended [Update]
The judge believed he had done nothing wrong during the 2015 incident, though he was caught bragging about it to his colleagues.
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House Democrats Introduce Term Limits Bill For Supreme Court Justices
The new measure would impose 18-year limits on Supreme Court Justices before being moved to senior status.
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Colorado Judge Resigns After Using N-Word and Declaring 'All Lives Matter'
A Colorado judge has resigned after telling her colleagues “all lives matter” and repeatedly using the n-word, among other instances of inappropriate comments. According to the Washington Post, Colorado District Judge Natalie T. Chase agreed to step aside after a Colorado Supreme Court censured her based on a report that she had “undermined confidence in…
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Judge Rejects Trump’s Challenge to Subpoena, Tells President to Show Manhattan DA What Those Taxes Do
President Donald Trump came all the way to New Orleans to get beads but he doesn’t want to show his taxes. Trump will bend over but he refuses to let his knees touch his elbows. Trump will shake it fast, but he will not, under any circumstances, watch himself. Well, on Thursday, federal judge, Victor…
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Pennsylvania Judge Hit With 6 Misconduct Counts Over Racist Comments; Called Juror 'Aunt Jemima'
In Pennsylvania, a white judge is facing six counts of judicial misconduct for being an outright racist. According to Newsweek, a formal complaint was filed against Allegheny County Judge Mark Tranquilli by the Pennsylvania Judicial Conduct Board. The complaint alleges that Tranquilli engaged in racist behavior against Black jurors and defendants since at least 2015.…
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Judge Denies Release for 15-Year-Old Detained for Not Doing Homework
It’s truly disheartening how quickly the American judicial system works to lock Black youth up. If you had any skepticism about how efficiently the school-to-prison pipeline works, the case of a 15-year-old girl in Michigan who was sent to juvenile detention for not doing her homework should quickly dispel it. Her case has generated national…
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Obama-Appointed Judge Blocks Donald Trump's Plan to Kick Nearly One Million Americans Off of Food Stamps
The Meglomaniac-In-Chief ’s continuous war on the poor has hit a snag. In his quest to Make American Hate Again, President Donald Trump and his administration were planning to make life even worse for food-insecure families when the sought to proceed with measures to remove nearly three-quarters of a million people from Supplemental Nutrition Assistance…