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Towards Greater Openness In Judicial Conduct Commission Proceedings: Temporary Confidentiality As An Alternative To Inviolate Confidentiality—Garner V. Cherberg, 111 Wash. 2d 811, 765 P.2d 1284 (1988), Tom Montgomery
Washington Law Review
In Garner v. Cherberg, the Washington Supreme Court upheld certain rules of inviolate confidentiality adopted by the Washington Commission on Judicial Conduct. This Note examines the justifications for such confidentiality rules, and proposes temporary, rather than inviolate, confidentiality to better balance interests of fairness and the public's right to know.
Judicial Ethics: The Less-Often Asked Questions, Andrew L. Kaufman
Judicial Ethics: The Less-Often Asked Questions, Andrew L. Kaufman
Washington Law Review
Judicial ethics is a topic of increasing interest to the public, the bar, and the judiciary; only recently has the body of substantive law regarding judicial behavior begun to take shape. This essay explores the less developed issues of ex parte communication by judges, activities of judges' spouses, the obligation of judges to report attorney disciplinary violations, and extrajudicial comments by judges about legal matters. The Author analyzes the positions on these issues of the ABA Code of Judicial Conduct, the Judicial Conference of the United States' Code of Conduct for United States Judges, and the Discussion Draft of Draft …