A Reminder That Judges Too are the Government Where Defendants Are Concerned
"Federal judge is handpicked in Morales case". "Federal judge is handpicked in Morales case": Today's edition of The San Antonio Express-News contains an article that begins:A judge who once clashed bitterly with Dan Morales deviated from standard courthouse procedure by handpicking the judge who will oversee the criminal case against the former state attorney general. [How Appealing]
There is, of course, reason behind a system of random allotments . . . avoiding an appearance of impropriety, which unfortunately has not been avoided in the Morales case.
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