Amendment H makes minimal changes to the judicial discipline process when much more substantial change is needed. Having judges on the proposed adjudicatory board and panels while also on the discipline commission and on the rulemaking committee leaves too many conflicts of interest in the process. The current judicial discipline process does not work, and Amendment H will not make it work. History shows that the procedures in Amendment H affect less than one percent of complaints against judges and are not worthy of a constitutional amendment. If Amendment H passes, it will be almost impossible to obtain necessary reforms because legislators will allege they did the job with Amendment H. Empowering the state court administrator with a role in the judicial discipline process is a mistake.
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Amendment H makes minimal changes to the judicial discipline process when much more substantial change is needed. Having judges on the proposed adjudicatory board and panels while also on the discipline commission and on the rulemaking committee leaves too many conflicts of interest in the process. The current judicial discipline process does not work, and Amendment H will not make it work. History shows that the procedures in Amendment H affect less than one percent of complaints against judges and are not worthy of a constitutional amendment. If Amendment H passes, it will be almost impossible to obtain necessary reforms because legislators will allege they did the job with Amendment H. Empowering the state court administrator with a role in the judicial discipline process is a mistake.