The Kentucky General Assembly's 2026 session is over.

But a Lexington judge is fight to keep her seat on the bench has now become the subtext to a, quote, constitutional crisis.

That's what some lawmakers call the argument that's come from the impeachment of Lexington Judge Julie Goodman.

As our June Leffler reports, state lawmakers and Supreme Court justices have accused each other of overstepping their authority and even intimidating each other.

Last night, a reporter asked the Senate president if Kentucky is facing a constitutional crisis with their interpretation.

I think that created a constitutional crisis because, again, read the statute.

They being the Kentucky Supreme Court.

On the final day of the legislative session.

Both chambers voted to censure Supreme Court Justice Kelly Thompson.

The state's highest court ruled that lawmakers have no say in whether Judge Julie Goodman can keep her job, and an opinion from Justice Thompson chastised lawmakers if they continue.

He has the right, I guess, by this opinion and the Supreme Court, to dis bar me for doing what is our constitutional duty.

What's worse, he's threatening that if we went forward, which we may at a point in time that I may be arrested, a class D felony.

Yesterday, the Senate halted a trial against Goodman awaiting a separate judicial conduct review.

But lawmakers say they have the authority to impeach and will do so as needed.

In fact, in section 109, it says that the impeachment power is an.

Violate and violate people.

That's what our Constitution says.

And no one, not even the Kentucky Supreme Court, can change that.

Democrats disagree and say disregarding the Supreme Court's ruling is dangerous.

That is the collapse of our democratic institutions.

That is the collapse of the rule of law.

That is a collapse of everything that we hold sacred and special about what it means to be an American and what it means to live in a democracy, and what it means to live in the great commonwealth of Kentucky.

The fate of Judge Goodman and this crisis lies with the Judicial Conduct Commission, which reviews complaints against judges.

The Senate says it will wait on the JCC to potentially reprimand or remove Goodman.

For Kentucky Edition, I'm June Leffler.

Kentucky Public Radio reports that Justice Kelly Thompson was, quote, shocked and honored to be censured publicly by both chambers.