Maze v. Kentucky Court of Justice

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY CENTRAL DIVISION FRANKFORT ) BETH LEWIS MAZE, ) ) Plaintiff, ) Civil No. 3:19-cv-00018-GFVT ) V. ) ) OPINION KENTUCKY COURT OF JUSTICE, ) JUDICIAL CONDUCT COMMISSION, et ) & al., ) ORDER ) Defendants. *** *** *** *** I Who watches the watchers? Juvenal, The Satires, Book 6, line 347 (“Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?”). In Kentucky—at least for judges—that job is given to the Kentucky Court of Justice, Judicial Conduct Commission. But Judge Beth Lewis Maze says there is a problem—the Commission has abused its power. So, she has come to…