AOL News - Judge With Three Wives Fights for Job:
"Updated: 06:19 AM EST Judge With Three Wives Fights for Job By JENNIFER DOBNER, AP
'As long as I can do my job, why should I (be removed)?' Judge Walter Steed, at right, asked.
SALT LAKE CITY (Nov. 2) - A small-town judge who has three wives should not be removed from the bench because his private behavior has not tarnished the office he holds, the judge's attorney told the Utah Supreme Court on Wednesday.
Judge Walter Steed was found to be a polygamist by the state's Judicial Conduct Commission, and the panel issued an order seeking his removal from the bench in February.
Steed's attorney argued during Wednesday's hearing that while drug abuse, for example, might be grounds for removal, Steed's private behavior in his home should not be.
'The question is whether polygamy rises to a different level of disrepute than something else,' attorney Rodney Parker said.
But those seeking to remove Steed argue that he shouldn't break the laws he took an oath to uphold."
