Kennebec Journal27m
Maine’s highest court proposes barring justices from disciplining peers
If approved, judges from the state's superior and district courts would handle complaints against supreme court justices.
Legislative watchdog underscores importance of accessing confidential information
At its first meeting of the 132nd Maine Legislature, the Government Oversight Committee discussed how accessing confidential ...
Kennebec Journal1d
Maine judge’s reprimand recalls old court decision
In the court’s decision of 523 A2d 1381, it ruled that when an attorney notified the court that he believed Judge Benoit was in violation of the Code of Judicial Conduct, the court never gave Benoit ...
Judicial ethics complaints can't be ignored in Maine
Maine Associate Justice Catherine Connors has been recommended for discipline after failing to recuse herself from a ...
Maine high court justice argues she did not act wrongly
Justice Catherine Connors said her peers on the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, , not a panel of other judges, should decide whether to sanction her.
Maine Supreme Court blocks lawmakers from accessing records in child death cases
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruled that professional staff in the Office of Program Evaluation and Government ...
WABI-TV11d
Maine’s highest court rules that legislature can’t have child death records
PORTLAND, Maine (WMTW) - The Maine Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Department of Health and Human Services that it doesn’t need to provide confidential information to the legislature’s ...
Justice Alito's Call With Trump 'Entirely Inappropriate'—Legal Analyst
Alito, one of six conservative justices on the nine-member Supreme Court, confirmed he took a call from Trump on Tuesday, one ...
Seacoastonline.com6d
Judicial ethics complaints can't be ignored in Maine
Maine’s Supreme Judicial Court finds itself with a thorny dilemma on its hands at the start of the new year. For the first time ever, one of its own members, Associate Justice Catherine Connors ...