Child-beating Judge William Adams Will Return to the Bench

The Supreme Court of Texas has apparently approved the reinstatement of Judge William Adams of coastal Aransas County, provided that he doesn't hear child abuse cases. Adams was suspended last year when his daughter released a secretly taped video of Judge Adams from 2004 mercilessly beating her with a belt and cursing at her (she was a teenager at the time and suffering from a form of cerebral palsy; I blogged on that issue here). There is no higher honor for a practicing attorney than to be chosen to sit in judgment under the law. The judicial robe carries with it respect, authority, and immense, raw power over the lives of others. William Adams has proven- in a rare and startlingly clear image of his true character- that he is not fit to wear it. Is Aransas County that devoid of men and women who can take the bench and who have not viciously beaten and cursed a disabled child? The Texas judiciary should be ashamed, period.