Clarion-Ledger / Kingfish Disagree on Commissioner of Judicial Performance
Two characterizations Saturday of Brant Brantley, outgoing Director of the Mississippi Commission on Judicial Performance, could not have been more different. According to the Clarion-Ledger in this article:
A man Mississippi judges fear to see in their courtrooms is stepping down as head of the watchdog group that investigates judicial wrongdoing.
In contrast, Jackson blogger the Kingfish disagreed in a post on his Jackson Jambalaya blog:
Fear? If anything they laugh at Brantley as his lax treatment of wayward judges is well-known in the legal community. It is a rare day indeed when Brantley prosecutes someone who is not a justice court judge. Brantley's modus operandi is to discipline a judge after someone else has done the same and forced his hand.
I don't always agree with Kingfish, but he has a way with words and does some excellent reporting on his blog.
