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That’s from the contempt of court order written after Mr. Lampley was jailed.
And for those of you who might actually live in Mississippi, it looks like y’all really like this guy. You’ve been dealing with him for many years now (he’s a former state lawmaker, and in his 2nd term as a judge), and it looks like you’ll have at least a few more years to deal with him, too (he’s running unopposed).
Well, unless you count the first amendment.
That would be a good place to start. I hope the lawyer hangs tough and this gets blown into a national flap.
Not treason. But depending on how this plays out, serious consequences are possible. A few that come to mind:
A civil lawsuit based on 42 USC 1981, or 1983–one of the civil rights statutes. There are differences between them, and I can never remember which is which.
A complaint to the Judicial Performance Commission, which is something like the disciplinary committee for lawyers. Possible sanctions could range from a private reprimand (I think) all the way up to removal from the bench.
In theory, I think a criminal charge for a civil rights violation is also possible. A felony conviction would also require removal from the bench and disbarment.
The Judge may resign, with or without an agreement to drop the matter if he does.
Also possible is the Judge and the lawyer may have the equivalent of a “beer summit” and resolve the matter privately. Being somewhat familiar with small town practice, I think this may be the most likely outcome.
Don’t judges have sovereign immunity from criminal prosecution?
This federal judge doesn’t think so.
Neither does Bobby Delaughter
I think there are some instances when immunity applies, but I’m not sure if this would fall into that category or not.
I’d go for any (or all) of the first three remedies. No beer summit, because I’m vengeful. I’d want a judge who did that to me, to pay. No chance to just retire, unless it meant his retirement, or pension or whatever he was getting, is revoked. Lawsuit, removal, and federal criminal charges sound good to me, and I think there could be a federal case.
I’d like to see an investigation too because I wouldn’t be surprised if there have been more breaches of judicial conduct in his past.
Neither of those gentlemen appear to have been acting within the bounds of their offices at the time they committed their respective crimes.
I’d like to see him get rattled a bit for this, aye, but the article I quoted in post #61 has one lawyer seeing the whole thing as just becoming water under the bridge.
I say, yeah, educate him with a job loss. That should teach him real good not to ever fucking do this again.
My apologies to the affected, the cursing was uncalled for.
The request to take the hijack into it’s own separate thread wasn’t, as it was seriously derailing the thread, so that part stands.
What cursing?
The “bl**dy”. Guku’s Yurpeen.
“Bloody” isn’t really swearing, unless there’s a very elderly Dowager Duchess in the room.
ahem You called?
Oh, great. RNATB has apparently fallen three thousand feet and then hit by a subway train again.
Don’t worry folks, it’ll wear off in time for the denouement. (French for “when we finish off the supervillain.”)
Mind my bustle.
The depressing thing is not just that this happened, but that there are probably quite a lot of people in America who think like this guy about the whole incident:
Even beyond this particular case, the judge sounds like a real peach:
Charming.
As a southerner I very much resent (the damned near complete accuracy of) that remark about our conservative officials.
This reminds me of when a few years ago a Jewish kid in Troy, Alabama was physically forced to bow his head in a Christian prayer by a school official.