Judicial Conduct Board Convicts Magistrate For Insisting On Child's Name Change

Reuters reports that yesterday a 6-person panel of the Tennessee Judicial Board of Conduct found former child-support magistrate Lu Ann Ballew guilty on charges of violating judicial canons regarding impartiality and bias.  The charges stem from a case in which she insisted that parents change their child's first name from "Messiah" to "Martin" because only Jesus should be called "Messiah." She has already been fired from her position as magistrate because of her conduct. (See prior posting.) The panel will be releasing a written opinion in the case later.