The judge presiding over the trial of men accused of gang-raping LSU student Madison Brooks has a son who is a convicted sexual predator, and text messages from one defendant claim the judge will rule in his favor. Desmond Carter, 21, is set to stand trial on August 17 in Louisiana's 19th Judicial District Court. […] The post Judge overseeing LSU student's rape case has a son convicted of forcible rape — and a defendant says she's "on our side" appeared first on American Almanac .
The judge presiding over the trial of men accused of gang-raping LSU student Madison Brooks has a son who is a convicted sexual predator, and text messages from one defendant claim the judge will rule in his favor. Desmond Carter, 21, is set to stand trial on August 17 in Louisiana's 19th Judicial District Court. He is the first of three men accused of raping Brooks, who was 19 years old when she was allegedly attacked after a night out in 2023. Brooks was later struck and killed by a car. Judge Gail Ray will preside over Carter's trial, the same judge whose son, Nelson Taylor, was convicted of several counts of forcible rape in 1997. Court records reviewed by Fox News Digital show Taylor, now 46, admitted to raping several girls who…Open
Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon has filed a motion requesting that U.S. District Judge Eleanor L. Ross, an Obama appointee, recuse herself from the high-stakes federal lawsuit United States v. Raffensperger. Judge Ross has faced intense criticism after the Eleventh Circuit Judicial Council privately reprimanded her for judicial misconduct in violation of the Code of […] The post Harmeet Dhillon Seeks Recusal of Obama-Appointed Judge Ross: Sexual Misconduct, Willis Party, and Clear Appearance of Bias appeared first on StoneZone .
Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon has filed a motion requesting that U.S. District Judge Eleanor L. Ross, an Obama appointee, recuse herself from the high-stakes federal lawsuit United States v. Raffensperger. Judge Ross has faced intense criticism after the Eleventh Circuit Judicial Council privately reprimanded her for judicial misconduct in violation of the Code of Conduct for United States Judges. The Judicial Council’s report detailed two distinct elements of misconduct investigated together in a single disciplinary case. She attended a partisan victory party celebrating Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’s Democratic primary win in May 2024 — walking through a lobby adorned with campaign signs, drinking…Open
Musk accused Delaware Chancery Judge Kathaleen McCormick of bias after her LinkedIn account appeared to "support" a post on the platform that celebrated Musk’s recent legal loss in California, and urged her to recuse herself over the interaction.
More ethics news landed Tuesday, this time from the Supreme Court. Starting in March, the justices will use new software to help identify when they should recuse from a case. It’s the justices’ latest effort to align themselves with lower federal judges, who have been required to use an automated conflict-screening system for the past two decades. The Supreme Court is not bound by lower judges’ code of conduct. The Hill's Zach Schonfeld and Ella Lee explore all of that and more in The Gavel, their newsletter covering the courts and legal issues. Read More: https://thehill.com/newsletters/the-gavel/5742502-gorsuch-warns-trump-tariffs/
