Just ask my wife, I screw things up. Yesterday, I wrote about how the "Resign to run" provision of the Texas Constitution didn't prohibit a sitting District Judge from running for District Attorney unless the judge resigned the bench. I was right. At least about that.
Faithful commenter "et" whom I can only assume to be Edin Tally, remarked yesterday evening that while I was right about that provision, I had apparently forgotten about that pesky Code of Judicial Conduct.
Specifically, I should have re-read read Canon 5(3) which states:
"A judge shall resign from judicial office upon becoming a candidate in a contested election for a non-judicial office either in a primary or in a general or in a special election. A judge may continue to hold judicial office while being a candidate for election to or serving as a delegate in a state constitutional convention or while being a candidate for election to any judicial office."
So, I guess a District Judge, or any judge for that matter, has to resign the bench to run for an office like District Attorney.
Who knew? I guess I should have. Now I do, and so do you. (Is that a haiku?)
Well, it rhymes at least!
Posted by: Joe | May 07, 2009 at 10:04 AM
"et" is not me
Posted by: EdinTally | July 10, 2009 at 10:36 AM
Can you explain what the heck is hiaku ?
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