‘Serious’ Misconduct Prompts House Look at Judicial Reforms (2)

A reprimand of a federal judge in Kansas found to have made sexually suggestive comments to female court employees calls into question the adequacy of recent workplace misconduct reforms for the judiciary, the House Judiciary Committee said.

The committee is scrutinizing reforms put in place last year after the judicial council of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit sanctioned U.S. District Judge Carlos Murguia for what it found were “multiple acts of serious judicial misconduct,” according to a letter from the panel to senior federal judicial officials on Thursday.

A hearing by the Judiciary subcommittee on courts ...