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Bill: Ethics Committee Impeachment Inquiry
Details
Submitted by[?]: Democratic-Social Party
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This bill is a resolution. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: October 4652
Description[?]:
| A copy of the Articles of Impeachment presented against Norwalk State Judge Sheila Hardy has been delivered to this Committee by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. The facts and actions that motivate these articles are stated in the Articles of Impeachment Bill. As the Ethics Committee, it is our duty to determine whether Judge Hardy's actions were unethical or not, regarding the office she holds. We must not value the legal aspect of it, that is the duty of the Judiciary Committee. From this moment, the Ethics Committee's Impeachment Inquiry is officially open. As the Committee Chair, I've already requested the Norwalk District Attorney's Office to provide all the documents and records regarding the criminal case that was brought up against Judge Hardy, and I've subpoenaed the whistleblower, the staffer who was instructed to mail the letters, whose names will be disclosed during the hearings, and Judge Hardy herself. Hearings will be scheduled and all Committee members will be informed about the date they will be held. Claude Green Committee Chair |
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Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 21:42:27, October 19, 2019 CET | From | Democratic-Social Party | To | Debating the Ethics Committee Impeachment Inquiry |
| Message | Feel free to vote if you feel the facts have been investigated enough. These votes only represent Committee membership, not the entire House. Vote yes to recommend to impeach. Vote no to recommend not to impeach. |
| Date | 02:52:46, October 20, 2019 CET | From | Democratic-Social Party | To | Debating the Ethics Committee Impeachment Inquiry |
| Message | After assessing the documents provided by the Norwalk State DA's Office, the Committee has reached the following conclusions: 1. Judge Hardy violated one of her office's governing principles: impartiality. 2. Judge Hardy did, in fact, abuse her authority by asking Mrs. Fannie Todd to mail Mr. Dallas Rodriguez the threatening and menacing letters. 3. Judge Hardy did not fulfill her Constitutional duties. There is no copy of the letters mailed to Mr. Rodriguez, but an excerpt was provided: "Stop talking **** about Hardy. It would be a great shame if anything happened to you, your husband or your kids. You don't know who you're messing with (...) If you ruin her career, I'll destroy your entire life (...) You better quit your job, treacherous ************ (...)" CENSORSHIP PROVIDED BY THE COMMITTEE CHAIR'S OFFICE |
| Date | 02:53:25, October 20, 2019 CET | From | Democratic-Social Party | To | Debating the Ethics Committee Impeachment Inquiry |
| Message | The Committee has subpoenaed Judge Hardy's case files from the last five years. |
| Date | 02:53:40, October 20, 2019 CET | From | Democratic-Social Party | To | Debating the Ethics Committee Impeachment Inquiry |
| Message | The Committee is now ready to interrogate Mrs. Fannie Todd |
| Date | 03:08:21, October 20, 2019 CET | From | Democratic-Social Party | To | Debating the Ethics Committee Impeachment Inquiry |
| Message | After interrogating Mrs. Fannie Todd, the Committee has concluded the following: 1. Mrs. Todd testified to Judge Hardy's abusive behavior, claiming she bullies some of her staffers based on race and gender reaching a point where she even requested to have a separate bathroom for the "colored and homosexuals". 2. Mrs. Todd claims to have been afraid of the retaliation Judge Hardy could've taken against her if she denied mailing the letters. 3. Mrs. Todd claims the letters were personally written by Judge Hardy and given to her. 4. Mrs. Todd claims Judge Hardy allegedly threatened her in a similar way she did Mr. Rodriguez if she "dared speak to anyone about it". |
| Date | 03:08:44, October 20, 2019 CET | From | Democratic-Social Party | To | Debating the Ethics Committee Impeachment Inquiry |
| Message | The Committee is now ready to interrogate Mr. Dallas Rodriguez. |
| Date | 03:18:51, October 20, 2019 CET | From | Democratic-Social Party | To | Debating the Ethics Committee Impeachment Inquiry |
| Message | After evaluating Judge Hardy's case files, the Committee has discovered a great bias in the Judge's rulings, including some that were reversed in latter appeals. Judge Hardy's bias constitutes great rejection against Egelian-Likatonian, Native Likatonian, Talmorian, Sekowan, non-Hosian and homosexual individuals. It was found that Judge Hardy was four times more likely to rule in favor of Luthori-Likatonian, Canrillaise-Likatonian, and Darnussian-Likatonian than any other ethnicity. Only ruling in favor of minority groups in 62 out of 248 cases. It was also discovered that Judge Hardy ruled in favor of homosexual individuals or individuals that shared divergent religious beliefs in 17 out of 248 cases. 165 out of 248 rulings were reversed in latter appeals. In cases where individuals presented a concurrence of the situations described above, she only ruled in favor of those individuals 2 times out of the 13 cases she received during the five-year period records provided. One of these cases was a murder conviction where the defendant was acquitted in an appeal. |
| Date | 03:23:08, October 20, 2019 CET | From | Democratic-Social Party | To | Debating the Ethics Committee Impeachment Inquiry |
| Message | After interrogating Mr. Dallas Rodriguez, the Committee has concluded the following: 1. Mr. Rodriguez claims Judge Hardy was derogatory to him and other co-workers on grounds of her religious beliefs. 2. Mr. Rodriguez claims Judge Hardy is a highly unethical person, with a terrible temperament and prone to abusive treatment of her employees. 3. Mr. Rodriguez claims to feel his life has been threatened by Judge Hardy. 4. Mr. Rodriguez alleges Judge Hardy has a personal vendetta against him and his family because he decided to speak up about her abuses. 5. Mr. Rodriguez allegedly thought of quitting his job to evade more conflict. |
| Date | 03:23:28, October 20, 2019 CET | From | Democratic-Social Party | To | Debating the Ethics Committee Impeachment Inquiry |
| Message | The Committee is now ready to interrogate Judge Hardy |
| Date | 03:34:15, October 20, 2019 CET | From | Democratic-Social Party | To | Debating the Ethics Committee Impeachment Inquiry |
| Message | After interrogating Judge Hardy, the Committee has concluded the following: 1. Judge Hardy claims Mrs. Todd and Mr. Rodriguez have conspired to have her removed out of office because of the previous conflict between them. She even claims there's surveillance footage where they "gang up" on her. 2. Judge Hardy denies committing any of the actions Mr. Rodriguez alleges but does accept she asked him to resign. 3. Judge Hardy claims she requested Mr. Rodriguez's resignation because she felt betrayed by him. She claims he was one of his best staffers and hated having to lose him. 4. Judge Hardy denies putting Mr. Rodriguez's life at risk. 5. Judge Hardy does admit she doesn't support homosexuality because of her religious beliefs but also claims her religion teaches her to "love and accept" so she doesn't discriminate against anyone. 6. Judge Hardy claims she is not homophobic or racist or has any bias against people who concur in any of those circumstances. 7. Judge Hardy claims she has never ruled in favor of or against anyone based on anything other than physical evidence. 8. Judge Hardy claims the Norwalk State District Court has awarded her the Most Honorable Judge award three years in a row and maintains this proves to her becoming and ethical conduct. 9. Judge Hardy claims the Impeachment Inquiry started against her has destroyed her reputation and her personal life, claiming people have alienated from her. |
| Date | 03:35:06, October 20, 2019 CET | From | Democratic-Social Party | To | Debating the Ethics Committee Impeachment Inquiry |
| Message | The Committee has subpoenaed video footage from Judge Hardy's office and Norwalk State Court's merit-recognition records. |
| Date | 03:37:01, October 20, 2019 CET | From | Democratic-Social Party | To | Debating the Ethics Committee Impeachment Inquiry |
| Message | The Committee is now ready to interrogate Courthouse Secretary, Angela Davis. |
| Date | 03:45:02, October 20, 2019 CET | From | Democratic-Social Party | To | Debating the Ethics Committee Impeachment Inquiry |
| Message | After assessing the video footage from Judge Hardy's office, the Committee has discovered that the incident between her and Mrs. Todd and Mr. Rodriguez is true. The video shows both of her staffers barging into her office screaming and ranting about a recent ruling she'd made against a Talmorian father who constantly beat her child claiming she was racist and that they would sue her. Judge Hardy tries to calm them down, but the conflict concludes with Mr. Rodriguez pointing Judge Hardy and calling her a "homophobic bigot". Judge Hardy is clearly startled. |
| Date | 03:46:13, October 20, 2019 CET | From | Democratic-Social Party | To | Debating the Ethics Committee Impeachment Inquiry |
| Message | After interrogating Ms. Angela Davis, the Committee has concluded: 1. Ms. Davis claims Judge Hardy is one of the "nicest" judges she's ever worked with. 2. Ms. Davis claims she nominated Judge Hardy for the Norwalk State Court merit award. |
| Date | 03:47:09, October 20, 2019 CET | From | Democratic-Social Party | To | Debating the Ethics Committee Impeachment Inquiry |
| Message | After evaluating the Norwalk State Court's merit-recognition records, the Committee has discovered no evidence that Judge Hardy tampered or influenced the decision made by the Board that awarded her for her labor. |
| Date | 03:47:48, October 20, 2019 CET | From | Democratic-Social Party | To | Debating the Ethics Committee Impeachment Inquiry |
| Message | The Committee is ready to interrogate Mr. Andres Rojas and Ms. Leah Ashford, two of Judge Hardy's staffers. |
| Date | 03:55:39, October 20, 2019 CET | From | Democratic-Social Party | To | Debating the Ethics Committee Impeachment Inquiry |
| Message | After interrogating Mr. Andres Rojas and Ms. Leah Ashfors, the Committee has concluded: 1. Mr. Rojas claims Judge Hardy has consistently made racist jokes to him, using phrases similar to "go back to your country". 2. Mr. Rojas confirms Mr. Rodriguez's and Mrs. Todd's claims of Judge Hardy's abusive behavior. 3. Mr. Rojas claims he once heard Judge Hardy ranting about how she "had" to rule in favor of a "Sekowan faggot" because her hands were tied. 4. Ms. Ashford claims Judge Hardy is rude to the co-workers who don't share her beliefs. 5. Ms. Ashford claims Judge Hardy once tried to "convert" her to Hosianism. 6. Ms. Ashford claims the conduct allegedly committed by Judge Hardy is one that matches her character. |
| Date | 03:56:10, October 20, 2019 CET | From | Democratic-Social Party | To | Debating the Ethics Committee Impeachment Inquiry |
| Message | With this, the Committee considers the facts have been investigated enough and now requests proceeding to vote. |
| Date | 03:56:45, October 20, 2019 CET | From | Democratic-Social Party | To | Debating the Ethics Committee Impeachment Inquiry |
| Message | NOTE: This is vote is only to determine which recommendation to present to the House. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 199 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 236 |
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