Post by Logan on Mar 30, 2016 9:36:52 GMT -6
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Debra McCloskey Todd said Tuesday that she had urged the Judicial Conduct Board and the disciplinary board for lawyers to review the emails of every judge and lawyer involved in the Porngate scandal, which has cost two of her colleagues their seats on the high court.
Todd confirmed that she requested the reviews after a special counsel for the court reported that Justice J. Michael Eakin had exchanged "offensive, tasteless, insensitive, juvenile, and repugnant" emails, many with fellow judges and lawyers.
Eakin resigned two weeks ago, the latest casualty in an email scandal that led to the retirement of former Justice Seamus P. McCaffery in 2014 and the ouster of several top government officials.
In an interview Tuesday, Todd said the review by two state boards should involve all "offensive emails housed on the attorney general's server." She would not elaborate.
Read more: www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/20160330_Justice_Debra_Todd_urges_wide_review_of_Porngate_emails.html
Todd confirmed that she requested the reviews after a special counsel for the court reported that Justice J. Michael Eakin had exchanged "offensive, tasteless, insensitive, juvenile, and repugnant" emails, many with fellow judges and lawyers.
Eakin resigned two weeks ago, the latest casualty in an email scandal that led to the retirement of former Justice Seamus P. McCaffery in 2014 and the ouster of several top government officials.
In an interview Tuesday, Todd said the review by two state boards should involve all "offensive emails housed on the attorney general's server." She would not elaborate.
Read more: www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/20160330_Justice_Debra_Todd_urges_wide_review_of_Porngate_emails.html