Williamson County, Texas, is about as rightwing nut country as it gets.

Williamson County District Attorney Jana Duty is one of those gun toting, law and order people.  Just so long the law doesn’t apply to her.

Judge Rick Mckinnon, overseeing a capital murder case, slapped a gag order on all the attorneys involved.  Duty thought he meant all the attorneys except her, so she shot her mouth off.

Williamson County Attorney Jana Duty

… Duty emailed the Austin American-Statesman to respond to an article reporting on a defense motion that claimed Duty withheld evidence in the case. The May 6 article quoted Duty’s email.

The next day, Kennon emailed all the attorneys to tell them to come to court on May 8. Duty did not attend the hearing. She explained in an email later that day that she felt Kennon had disrespected her by not telling the reason for the hearing and that she would not show respect for the judge by attending it.

Well, ain’t she special?  In case you don’t know, when a judge says jump and you have a question about it, you better ask that question on your way up.

A visiting judge found her in contempt of court.

Judge Doug Shaver found that Duty “intentionally, knowingly and wilfully” acted to violate a gag order, failed to appear in court and disrespected the court with a response email that made “veiled threats.

Way to go, Republicans.

Thanks to Bob for the heads up.