Houston Judge Hilary Green is the subject of an extraordinary report from the Texas State Commission on Judicial Conduct. The Texas Supreme Court was given a detailed account that alleges that the justice of the peace used illegal drugs like ecstasy and marijuana as well as abused the cough syrup Tussionex. Some of the marijuana had been confiscated by the court bailiff. It also alleged that she engaged in extramarital affairs and hired prostitutes. She is also accused of sexting a court employee. Finally, she is accused of ruling in favor of a convicted conman despite her personal relationship with the defendant. There is an interesting technicality being claimed by Green to bar consideration of much of her misconduct.
Witnesses against Green include her former husband, Ronald Green, and a former lover, Claude Barnes, who had a five-year extramarital affair with Hilary Green. It is not clear why, given the criminality of some of these allegations, Judge Green has not been subject to a criminal charge if the facts are supported. Her former husband claims that she lied to the commission about her ruling in favor of convicted conman Dwayne Jordon. For his part, Barnes alleges that he and the judge hired prostitutes for “three-way” trysts and he was tasked with buying the pot for her.
According to the Houston Chronicle. Green admitted to using illegal drugs and abusing Tussionex, but denied the other charges.
Now here is the technicality: state law mandates that “an officer may not be removed … for an act the officer committed before election to office.” The question is what constitutes the period of office holding. Green insists that the controlling date should be her 2016 re-election — making all of this simply interesting chatter. However, the commission believes that the relative date is 2007 when she was first elected as a democratic candidate for Justice of the Peace.
She’s yet another merchandise of an unranked jurisprudence schooltime, but don’t enunciate anything because we really, really need some 300 jurisprudence schooltimes. Witnesses against the judge let in her ex hubby, her […]
The community did not overwhelmingly support HG. Only 5.710 people voted out of 180,963 registered or 3.16%. Out of that 56.65% supported her in a runoff not 80%. Her opponent received 43.35%. In votes that means HG received 3,158 votes versus her opponents 2,415. Maybe the moral of the story is that we should care enough to vote.
Interesting extracurricular activities for a judge!
Victim-less crimes,pursuit of happiness,all is forgiven.
Her misdeeds seem to have a rather frantic aspect. It’s so egregious there was little hope she wouldn’t be caught, which brings her judgement to question – rather an important trait for a judge.
She should be subject to the same laws that the rest of us are.
Sounds like she should be tapped for “higher” office. FBI director?
Judge not, lest you be judged.
I wonder if there is video. I bet we will find out since she may have to raise some money for attorney’s fees.
She’s yet another product of an unranked law school, but don’t say anything because we really, really need some 300 law schools. Uh, half of which need to be immediately SHUT.
Well, the Is Law School a Losing Game? articles from the New York Times does a good job at describing the unemployment rate among alumnis of low-ranked schools; below is an extract:
Tuition at even mediocre law schools can cost up to $43,000 a year. Those huge lecture-hall classes — remember “The Paper Chase”? — keep teaching costs down. There are no labs or expensive equipment to maintain. So much money flows into law schools that law professors are among the highest paid in academia, and law schools that are part of universities often subsidize the money-losing fields of higher education.
JOPs in Texas are fiefdoms run by people who do nothing but generate revenue for their jurisdictions using law enforcement like the the TxDPS.
So true.
Unfortunately that is mostly true of many courts, especially family courts.
Ah, Texas!
Her assertion is baseless. The rule reads “election to office” not “re-election”. I very much doubt the crafters of these rules had the latter in mind.
I also question the lack of criminal prosecution. It’s like I have said repeatedly, public officials are granted too much deference and are subject to a different criminal justice system.
How could this possibly have happened in Texas? Nobody is ever corrupt down there.
If she could only add some fraud, corruption, and a deep affinity for lying to her arsenal of activities, she’d be an excellent candidate for the Ninth Circuit.
Ninth circuit? Heck why stop there, how about first female president!
Don’t you think she should spend some time seasoning on the supreme court first?
Shouldn’t judges have experiences that give them insight to the lives of people they judge?
bfm – I think all circuit judges should spend the summer and fall picking crops. It will clear their heads and get them closer to real people.
” I think all circuit judges should spend the summer and fall picking crops. It will clear their heads and get them closer to real people.”
Oh, Paul. that is so 19th century.
Circuit judges should spend their summers hanging out in clubs, hours on social media and on line shopping for fetch items to display conspicuously. It will put them in the fame of mind to understand the defendants and bring them closer to real people.
OMG! Prostitutes, too??? Oh, this person has earned an Irish Poem!
Judge NOT???
An Irish Poem by Squeeky Fromm
Judicially, let me frank!
Her “Honor” is naught but a skank!
Smoking pot, and paid sex,
Was not the apex—
She even got caught drinking “drank*!!!”
Squeeky Fromm
Girl Reporter
*drank is the slang term for, as The Urban Dictionary, says:
purple stuff,oil,sizzurp, whatever you wanna call it. Is a codine and promithazene mix that people from the south and H-town sip and sell.
Very good.
“👐 Jazz Hands 👐”
Always enjoy a Squeek poem.
Thank you everybody!!! I am glad you liked it! But Line 2 should have read:
But let me be frank
I guess I had too many slurps of drank when I wrote it.
🙂
Squeeky Fromm
Girl Reporter
At least we have a great role-model in the White House to look up to. I mean tacky Country Club. I mean charlatan dimwit narcissist.
Oh I am so glad you able to somehow bring your TDS into this thread! Good job, Dave137!!
And thank you for the substantial reply.
Well … they do know how to party in Texas, and as they say ‘too much ain’t enough’.
Gosh, Professor! You report all this lady’s activities like they are a bad thing! Where’s your sense of humor?
/sarc off
She makes an interesting legal point. It is an elective office, not an office for life. She does seem to have lived an interesting life though. 🙂
If ever I were to consider throwing myself on the mercy of the court, it would be w/ this judge.
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Lol. She is one party animal.
Gives new meaning to the phrase ‘sober as a judge’.