Haggard v. City of Arkansas City

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• noting that “some misconduct, such as lying under oath, goes to the very core of judicial duty and demonstrates the lack of character of such a person to be entrusted with judicial privilege” and that accordingly, lying under oath makes a judge unfit to continue holding judicial office
• “Instances of respondent’s judicial misconduct include . . . making false statements under oath during the JTC hearing.”
• “When a judge lies under oath, he or she has failed to internalize one of the central standards of justice and becomes unfit to sit in judgment of others.”
• “When a judge lies under oath, he or she has failed to internalize one of the central standards of justice and becomes unfit to sit in judgment of others.”
• the respondent judge “fixed” traffic tickets for himself, his wife, and his staff
• the respondent judge “fixed” traffic tickets for himself, his wife, and his staff

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