Judge Is Under Review in Alleged Threats
A judicial review board has launched an inquiry into allegations against a state Supreme Court justice, including claims that he threatened to “whip” the chief justice and intentionally delayed cases as payback before his term on the court ends.
The complaint, dated Sept. 17, charges that since his election defeat, Justice Chuck McRae has threatened violence against Chief Justice Edwin Pittman, saying he would “whip” him, and on more than one occasion “cursed at staff and colleagues and has screamed at fellow justices.”
McRae came in last in a three-way race last fall. His term ends in January.
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