Maine Supreme Judicial Court justice violates ethics code [Video]

The Committee on Judicial Conduct is recommending disciplinary action against Catherine Connors, an associate justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.The committee, which supervises the judiciary in Maine, says that Connors violated the Code of Judicial Conduct by not recusing herself from two foreclosure cases.”Justice Connors’ failure to be sensitive to the appearance of impropriety and recuse herself in the face of it, not only violates the Judicial Code of Conduct but it undermines public confidence in the judiciary,” John McArdle, counsel to the Committee on Judicial Conduct, wrote in the committee’s final report sent to the Supreme Judicial Court.According to the report, Connors worked as an attorney representing banks and banking interests, including foreclosure matters in Maine, before being confirmed to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.While serving on the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, Connors participated in two foreclosure cases, Finch v. U.S. Bank and J.P. Morgan Chase Acquisition Group …