Ms. Seana Willing

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  Seana Willing, executive director of the State Commission on Judicial Conduct, said the license suspension is not a "constitutional disqualification" for his judgeship.

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  Seana Willing, executive director of the Texas Commission on Judicial Conduct, said she found the incident troubling."It's the kind of thing I look at and scratch my head and wonder, `What was she thinking?'" Willing said. She questioned whether the party violated standards of decorum and impartiality. "The whole purpose of it was to mock him, to make him feel bad.I guess she could have put him in the stockade, in the pillory, in front of the town square and let people mock him," Willing said. Willing said the commission will investigate if a complaint is filed, or can decide on its own to look into the matter.

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  Seana Willing, executive director of the Judicial Conduct Commission, said the agency does not confirm or deny complaints against judges.In general, Willing said, the commission would look at the circumstances of how a judge made such comments before taking action.

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  "Judges have some First Amendment rights; it's just not unfettered," said Seana Willing, executive director of the Texas State Commission on Judicial Conduct.
  
  She said the issues are the same for judges no matter how they communicate.

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  But a misdemeanor conviction does not warrant immediate removal from the bench, as a felony would, said Seana Willing, executive director of the Commission on Judicial Conduct in Austin.
  
  "Judges are put on a pedestal, and people forget that they are human beings," Ms. Willing said. The state has filed no charges, and the judge is presumed innocent, she said.
  
  "The commission looks at these types of incidents seriously," she said. "But they also weigh the fact that it's an arrest and no charges have been filed and no case has been proven."
  
  Following agency policy, Ms. Willing refused to say whether a complaint has been filed or the commission has launched its own investigation.

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  Published on: 10/3/2008    Last Visited: 10/3/2008  

  Seana Willing, executive director of the State Commission on Judicial Ethics, said that while judges are prohibited from raising money for other candidates, the rules on endorsing others are murky.
  
  "This area of ethics is not well understood by judges, let alone the public," she said.
  
  A 2006 court ruling, Willing said, created a narrow test under which judges could be found to violate ethics rules when it comes to endorsing other candidates.
  
  Things that were once prohibited, like wearing another candidates' T-shirt, she said, would no longer be violations.
  
  But she said that anyone who thinks a judge might have broken ethics rules could file a complaint.
  
  "Some don't like any political activity judges are involved in," Willing said.

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  "He was qualified when he stood for election," said Seana Willing, executive director of the State Commission on Judicial Conduct.

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  An indictment does not automatically remove a judge from office, said Seana Willing, executive director of the State Commission on Judicial Conduct.The commission, however, can suspend a judge from office until the indictment is resolved, she said.

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  Seana Willing, executive director of the State Commission on Judicial Conduct, said any investigation by her agency remains confidential unless it takes some public action.She declined comment when asked if her agency referred the complaint against Gray to Earle's Public Integrity Unit.
  
  "If we receive information that suggests some criminal activity has taken place, we have the ability to provide that to law enforcement for purposes of assuring we are protecting the public," Willing said.

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  Published on: 4/8/2008    Last Visited: 4/8/2008  

  Judges are permitted to attend political functions, said Seana Willing, executive director of the State Commission on Judicial Conduct.But the Texas Code of Judicial Conduct states that a judge shouldn't engage in conduct that could "cast reasonable doubt on the judge's capacity to act impartially as a judge."
  
  Willing said issues involving judges' support for candidates are a murky area of the law.Her agency urges judges to be mindful of public perception of their political ties, she said.
  
  "Everything they do, because they're in a pedestal profession, is going to be scrutinized by the voters," Willing said.
  
  Sandoval's next hearing in the lawsuit he has in Flores' court is set for Tuesday.

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