Few Repercussions for Retired Judges Accused of Misconduct (1)

The judiciary can’t take disciplinary actions against retired federal judges accused of sexual misconduct except for impeachment, according to testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee June 13.

But impeachment is a “cumbersome process,” Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) said to James C. Duff, one of the witnesses at the hearing on workplace misconduct in the federal judiciary.

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) called the full committee hearing because a recently released report on the problem of sexual harassment in the federal judiciary is “vague” and “kicks the can down the road,” Grassley said in a statement.

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