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Additional Coverage of the Keller Reprimand

By Steve Hall

The Supreme Court's order is here. "Sharon Keller's rebuke in mishandled appeal stands," is the title of Chuck Lindell's report in today's Austin American-Statesman.The Supreme Court, in an 8-0 ruling without comment or elaboration, denied Keller's request to toss out the rebuke and drop related misconduct charges. Justice Nathan Hecht, who successfully challenged a public rebuke by the commission in 2006, did not participate. Later Monday, Keller's lawyer sent a letter to the court initiating a separate legal challenge. The letter asked Supreme Court Chief Justice Wallace Jefferson to name, by random drawing, three appeals court justices to review whether the warning was justified. Monday was the last day to request a court of review, an appeals process that includes tight deadlines: ? Jefferson has 10 days to select the three judges from 13 of the state's 14 regional Courts of Appeals...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on August 17, 2010 (boomark / email).