Judge who jailed immigrants without bail suspended, State Supreme Court says WKU foundation is immune from suit.

The local Western Kentucky judge who was the subject of my earlier post for jailing offenders of Hispanic descent without bail has been suspended for 15 days by the Judicial Conduct Commission. I know the judge and I know she is not a bigot, but I suggested that she was, nonetheless, violating the accused constitutional rights. The Commission reached the same conclusion today.

Also in a significant UNANIMOUS ruling for public institutions of learning, the State Supreme Court has issued a ruling finding that a foundation set up by Western Kentucky University (WKU) qualifies it as an "alter ego" of the institution, and since it is "incorporated [and] exists only to serve WKU, [it] derives its [governmental] immunity status through WKU."