LAFAYETTE — The Louisiana Supreme Court has ruled unconstitutional a state law enacted in 1884, but rarely invoked, that allowed penalizing judges for overdue decisions by docking one-quarter of their salary.
The opinion struck down the 1864 law “on its face” because the Louisiana constitution reserves the authority to regulate “judicial conduct” to the Supreme Court, justices said in an opinion made public Wednesday.
The high court also said the law was an “unconstitutional violation of the due process clause” because it did not give judges notice their pockets would be lighter.
They also said the law’s detail of withholding “one quarter salary” was “unconstitutionally vague.”
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