The order was addressed in the case of Circuit Judge Jamie Jameson of Marshall and Calloway counties, who was permanently barred from serving as a judge after being found guilty by the commission of seven counts of misconduct in November 2022.

In a ruling Tuesday, Chief Justice John Minton found that Jefferson District Court Judge Josephine Buckner’s “impartiality could be questioned” as she previously worked for an attorney who represented Taylor’s family in a wrongful death lawsuit against the city.

The chief found that former Det. Kevin Crawford, who resigned while under investigation, committed “no policy violations"  during the controversial stop 

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.