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October 23, 2006
Justice Hecht cleared in Miers flap
Texas Supreme Court Justice Nathan L. Hecht, who was the subject of a public admonition by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct for his public support of former US Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers, was cleared by a three-judge Special Court of Review that heard Justice Hecht’s appeal of the sanction, which carries no civil or criminal penalty. The ruling, which had been expected, noted that the ethics rules under which Justice Hecht was sanctioned were impermissably vague and did not apply to his public reply to questions regarding his relationship of Ms. Miers. One of the members of the special court concluded that Justice Hecht had violated the rules, but that the rules were unconstitutional because they limited his freedom of speech. This Chronicle article on the ruling includes pdfs of the special court's opinions, but if you want them, move quickly -- the Chronicle's links do not always last long.
Posted by Tom at October 23, 2006 04:35 AM
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