Judge Vance Day -- who wouldn't marry same-sex couples -- suspended for 3 years

[DonViejo]

Source: The Oregonian




Updated 6:05 PM; Posted 11:44 AM

By Aimee Green [e-mail]
The Oregonian/OregonLive

The Oregon Supreme Court on Thursday took the unusual step of suspending a sitting state court judge -- Vance Day of Salem -- for three years.

The high court found that Day, first appointed in 2011 to the bench in Marion County Circuit Court, committed "willful misconduct" and made "willful misstatements" to investigators to cover up the truth. Day acted with prejudice against same-sex couples by deciding he wouldn't marry them and he instructed his staff to employ a scheme to avoid "public detection" of his plan, the Supreme Court said.

The court singled out as "exceptionally serious misconduct" false claims by Day that he didn't know a man he supervised on probation was a felon. Day allowed the man to handle a gun twice in his presence even though Day had told him in court that he was forbidden from handling firearms, the court said.

The court also found that Day lied about being assaulted by a referee or sports official at his son's Chemeketa Community College soccer game.

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[bucolic_frolic]

1. If the Oregon Supreme Court can punish lying ....

i don't need to complete the thought, you all know where it leads

[grantcart]

2. I was trying to figure out why Oregon had declared a special Day for Judge Vance.

[FSogol]

4. LOL. n/t

[Julian Englis]

3. Next step: Disbarment.

[sarcasmo]

6. I was wondering, why only three years.

[forgotmylogin]

5. Hopefully "suspension" means "without pay"

Otherwise, it's a 3-year vacation.