The judicial qualifications commission found that Judge Diana Tennis contributed nearly $30,000 in 900 donations to left-leaning political organizations and candidates, including former President Joe Biden and Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla.
Rebuked by appeals court for "abuse of discretion" in Trump administration contempt probe, judge risks second rebuke from superiors for letting D.C. censor "Black Pre-Born Lives Matter" protest while ignoring BLM vandalism.
A Hawaii Supreme Court justice devoted nearly a tenth of a 91-page criminal opinion to accusing the U.S. Supreme Court of racism, democratic sabotage, and constitutional betrayal, then declared that Hawaii's courts will chart their own course, free of guidance from the nation's highest bench. Justice Todd Eddins, appointed in 2020 by former Democratic Gov. […] The post Hawaii Supreme Court justice uses criminal ruling to launch broadside against Roberts Court appeared first on American Almanac .
A Hawaii Supreme Court justice devoted nearly a tenth of a 91-page criminal opinion to accusing the U.S. Supreme Court of racism, democratic sabotage, and constitutional betrayal, then declared that Hawaii's courts will chart their own course, free of guidance from the nation's highest bench. Justice Todd Eddins, appointed in 2020 by former Democratic Gov. David Ige, authored the majority opinion in State v. Granillo, which ordered a new trial for a man convicted in 1990 of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a woman on Maui. The legal basis for the new trial was straightforward: an FBI expert's hair and fiber evidence relied on forensic science that has since been discredited. Eight or nine pages of the opinion, however, had nothing to do…Open
A federal judge lambasted and penalized the attorneys behind President Trump's settlement with the IRS, saying in an explosive Monday order that the case was a means to an end: judicial cover for a deal granting Trump audit immunity and creating his controversial anti-weaponization fund. The big picture: The $1.776 billion pot of money, born from the Trump settlement , created an avalanche of bipartisan concern and legal scrutiny. What she's saying: U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams sanctioned the lawyers, deeming the lawsuit to have been "improperly employed" to justify the settlement fund. - The "action was never about a party seeking judicial resolution of a legal issue or a factual dispute," she wrote in her scathing order. -…