Newly appointed state judge James Eisenhower. by Maddie Clark While many of the country’s state and federal officials were being inaugurated into office after this year’s midterm election, James …
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Newly appointed state judge James Eisenhower.by Maddie Clark
While many of the country’s state and federal officials were being inaugurated into office after this year’s midterm election, James J. Eisenhower, a distant relative of former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, was also being sworn in as a judge on Pennsylvania’s Court of Judicial Discipline.
Eisenhower, a Chestnut Hill resident, was appointed on January 24 to a four-year term as a judge on the eight-member Court of Judicial Discipline by Governor Tom Wolf. Eisenhower was then officially sworn in on Jan. 31 by Justice Debra Todd of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
The Court of Judicial Discipline is made up of eight judges, four of which are appointed by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania and four by the Governor of Pennsylvania. The court’s duty is to handle disciplinary action against judges.
Even as a newly appointed judge, Eisenhower now has the authority to impose sanctions that range from reprimand to removal from office if formal charges are sustained.
Eisenhower was a federal criminal prosecutor in the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division, and also served as President Clinton’s National Security Council; addressing issues concerning internal crime, narcotics, terrorism and war crimes.
