Mary Shaw, the only incumbent judge challenged in Jefferson County, has been dogged for signing the flawed warrant in March 2020 for the raid of Breonna Taylor’s home. Attorney Tracy Davis beat Shaw by a couple thousand votes
After three decades on the bench and about 16 as Chief Supreme Court Justice in Kentucky, John D. Minton Jr. is retiring at the end of this year.
Chief Jefferson District Court Judge Annette Karem and Circuit Judge Mary Shaw had been dogged by controversies and bad headlines for several months. They won anyway.
The high court ruled on Oct. 28 that it is unconstitutional for jailers to take money from inmates. Only a sentencing judge is “able to order the reimbursement and billing of incarceration fees, not the county jail,” the ruling said.
Banana Republic has re-released Ruth Bader Ginsburg's iconic collar necklace, just two weeks after the late Supreme Court justice died at 87.
Ginsburg died Friday at the age of 87.
Also, eviction actions will begin again on Aug. 1, though landlords are required to provide 30 days notice to vacate prior to filing an action for eviction.
The judges, all presiding in Jefferson Family Court, have partially canceled their dockets until at least July 29.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg — who recently completed treatment for pancreatic cancer — said Saturday at the National Book Festival that Lopez, 50, and Rodriguez, 44, asked her for relationship advice.
Social workers in Louisville have used blank removal orders with pre-signed judges' signatures to take some children from their homes in cases of alleged neglect or abuse.
