{"id":1024,"date":"2016-01-18T20:40:09","date_gmt":"2016-01-19T00:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lawflog.com\/?p=1024"},"modified":"2016-01-18T20:40:09","modified_gmt":"2016-01-19T00:40:09","slug":"judge-walter-s-smith-jr-isnt-out-of-the-woods-just-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lawflog.com\/?p=1024","title":{"rendered":"Judge Walter S. Smith, Jr. isn’t out of the woods just yet"},"content":{"rendered":"

As reported in the Waco Tribune-Herald<\/em> this evening, I have appealed the light punishment<\/a> meted out to U.S. District Judge Walter S. Smith, Jr. \u00a0You can read the full appeal letter by clicking here<\/a>. \u00a0Here’s an excerpt:<\/p>\n

…one must wonder how many felonies a judge needs to commit before the Judicial Council is willing to recommend impeachment. Is one not enough? If a courthouse security officer had forcibly groped E.S., he would have been fired summarily and probably arrested. He certainly would not have gotten away with a reprimand, sensitivity training, and a reduced workload at full pay.<\/em><\/p>\n

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