Kentucky Judicial Conduct Commission v. Woods

I respectfully dissent because the majority opinion incorrectly holds that the authority to remove a judge from office encompasses the separate and distinct authority to disqualify a judge from holding future judicial office. While Kentucky Constitution § 121 grants the Kentucky Judicial Conduct Commission (hereinafter, “the Commission”) the power to divest a judge of his or her office, the electorate of this Commonwealth has reserved only to the General Assembly the power to prohibit a former judge from holding future judicial office. The Commission removed Woods from office in its order of…