Posted on 08/30/2016 11:14:36 AM PDT by Beave Meister
Cook County Chief Judge Timothy Evans, who has come under criticism for his handling of allegations that one of his law clerks put on a robe and heard cases, has fired the clerk, his office announced Tuesday.
In a terse, three-paragraph statement, Evans' office said that Rhonda Crawford "is no longer employed as a law clerk/staff attorney" assigned to the south suburban Markham courthouse. The statement said that judicial rules prevented Evans from commenting further on the matter.
Crawford has worked for Evans' office since 2011 and made about $57,000 a year.
In March, Crawford defeated two opponents in the Democratic primary for the 1st Judicial Subcircuit, which includes parts of the South Side and some of the south suburbs. It's unclear what impact, if any, the matter will have on this November's general election. Crawford is running unopposed.
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We have those in Maine - they are feminists appointed to divorce court and called “magistrates”. They pretend to be judges.
Yeah, but lemmee’ axe you this, ain’t she one of Obama’s “daughters?”.
Law clerks actually decide most SCOTUS cases anyway.
While they write many of the decisions, the decisions are reviewed by the Justices. So your statement is a bit too sweeping.
Pretty lady. She’ll land on her feet.
She's lucky she's not listening to Kim Jong Un.
Kim Jong-un uses an anti-aircraft gun to execute one high-ranking official for SLEEPING.
That’s discrimination and oppression! Who should judge her? She was self identifying as a judge.
Well, one thing you can say about little Kimmie is that he is very creative when executing people.
5.56mm
Cook County.
Says it pretty much right there.
Came here to say that.
Great series.
We have at least four political hacks sitting on the Supreme Court who pretend to be judges. Sometimes it is as many as six. There are only two remaining who take their oath of office seriously on a consistent basis.
We have way too much of that with municipal court “judges” in Texas. Smaller cities hire lawyers to play judge. These judges for hire often serve multiple municipalities.
The State Constitution forbids dual office holding and there was a Constitutional amendment to allow the practice, but it was voted down. However, the lawyers still do it.
This pdf has all the municipal court judges listed by town:
http://www.txcourts.gov/media/1331970/Municipal-Courts-by-City.pdf
We’ve had this conversation. You are incorrect on this. There is a specific provision that permits it. I’ll find it (again) and post it (again) if you insist.
And yes, I’m on that list as a presiding judge in one jurisdiction and an associate judge in another.
I’ve seen that exception, but wonder what you think of this example:
Hickman, Connie M. JP-Navarro
Hickman, Connie M. Mun Ct-Blooming Grove
Hickman, Connie M. Mun Ct-Frost
Hickman, Connie M. Mun Ct-Kerens
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