Author M.D. Kittle profileA jury late Thursday found Judge Hannah Dugan guilty of felony obstruction but determined there wasn’t enough evidence to convict her on a misdemeanor charge of concealing an individual from arrest.

Her attorney told reporters that Dugan will appeal the conviction, a verdict that should serve as a wake-up call to judges who disregard laws they don’t like in the furtherance of judicial activism.

Daniel Suhr, president of the Center for American Rights, said the verdict is a vindication that the rule of law applies to everyone, regardless of their position or power.  ….