A
good
marriage
is
about
having
each
other’s
back.
A
good
judge
knows
how
to
maintain
impartiality
(or
remove
themselves
from
matters
where
they
can’t
be
neutral).
Usually
these
two
boats
pass
each
other
in
the
night,
but
every
once
in
a
while
you
get
a
power
couple
that,
by
nature
of
their
stations,
is
tested
by
circumstances.
Put
plainly,
you
can’t
encourage
prosecutors
to
hurry
up
a
trial
just
because
the
guy
in
trouble
is
your
husband.
Law
&
Crime
has
coverage:
A
New
Hampshire
Supreme
Court
justice
who
is
married
to
a
long-embattled
state
official
has
been
indicted
for
interfering
with
a
criminal
investigation
into
her
husband.
…
The
indictment
charges
that
[Justice
Anna
Barbara]
Hantz
Marconi
told
“Gov.
Christopher
Sununu
that
an
investigation
into
Geno
Marconi
was
the
result
of
personal,
petty,
and/or
political
biases;
that
there
was
no
merit
to
the
allegations
against
or
subsequent
investigation
into
Geno
Marconi;
and/or
that
the
investigation
into
Geno
Marconi
needed
to
wrap
up
quickly
because
she
was
recused
from
important
cases
pending
or
imminently
pending
before
the
New
Hampshire
Supreme
Court.”
She
was
indicted
on
a
series
of
offenses
—
two
of
them
were
felonies:
attempting
to
commit
improper
influence
and
criminal
solicitation
of
improper
influence.
This
isn’t
the
first
time
that
judges
have
used
their
influence
to
thumb
the
scale.
Earlier
this
year,
a
judge
was
caught
blessing
officers
to
commit
some
light
§1983
violations
and
Eric
Adams
is
in
a
lot
of
trouble
over
things
we
wouldn’t
even
blink
at
if
Clarence
Thomas
did
them.
That
said,
Justice
Marconi
could
be
facing
some
serious
consequences
—
up
to
seven
years
for
each
felony,
and
that’s
before
you
weigh
the
additional
misdemeanors!
Sentencing
someone
to
time
behind
bars
is
a
grave
matter,
but
so
is
enforcing
the
expectation
that
everyone
—
judges
included
—
is
subject
to
the
rule
of
law.