I am writing today to announce the closure of the New Mexico Independent. After three and a half years of operation in New Mexico, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news…
While environmental activists played their part yesterday during demonstrations at the capitol building, going so far as to dress up as solar panels and to sing the tune of “You Are My Sunshine,” their counterparts, the anti-cap-and-trade contingency who has…
Roughly one quarter of University of New Mexico students are unimpressed with the state’s flagship public school, according to a survey that questioned college students about their higher education experiences.
The U.S. Senate started impeachment hearings against Judge Samuel Kent, a federal judge currently serving a term in prison for an obstruction of justice conviction and who has been indicted on charges of sexual abuse against two court employees.
Included on the impeachment committee is New Mexico’s junior senator, Tom Udall, a Santa Fe Democrat.
The impeachment committee is “tasked with gathering evidence for an eventual trial” according to Roll Call. If convicted by the Senate, Kent would be removed from office.
Despite being in prison, Kent is still receiving his $447-a-day paychecks.
According to MSNBC’s First Read, Kent said he would resign from the bench in June of 2010, but the Senate felt that Kent should not continue receiving paychecks while in prison.
The process won’t be fast, however. Roll Call wrote that U.S. Sen. Mel Martinez (R-FL) “said the panel will attempt to complete its review in time to have a trial and possible conviction by the August recess.”
The last impeachment hearings in the Senate focused on then-President Bill Clinton in 1999.
