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Mar. 18, 2009
Supreme Court Case Highlights the Hypocrisy of Judicial Ethics
It's time judges stopped wringing their hands about the ethical sleaze of judicial elections and adopt rules to take money out of the selection process.
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By Peter Scheer In America, a judge ordinarily may not take a "gift" of money from a person or company appearing before him in a legal case. Such a brazen assault on judicial independence is plainly unethical and potentially criminal. Suppose, however, we alter the facts slightly so that the money is offered as a contribution to the judge's re-election campaign. A nonlawyer would say, wisely, that that is a distinction without...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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