India, April 30 -- A circuit court judge accused of hiding an illegal immigrant wanted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents has reportedly lost her judicial powers. The Wisconsin Supreme Court stripped Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan of her powers temporarily. She was "temporarily" relieved of her duties Tuesday, April 29, days after she was arrested and charged by the FBI with obstruction.

"In the exercise of (the) constitutional authority and in order to uphold the public's confidence in the courts of this state during the pendency of the criminal proceeding against Judge Dugan, we conclude, in our own motion, that it is in the public interest that she be temporarily relieved of her official duties," the Badg...