Judges and Judiciary
Feb. 14, 2014
Slippery slope in judge Boy Scout ban
The proposed rule barring judges from membership in the Boy Scouts is dangerous and misguided. By Paul A. Hoffman
The state Supreme Court's ethics committee's proposed rule barring judges from membership in the Boy Scouts of America is a misguided attempt to control the judiciary and to restrict judges' constitutional freedom of association. The committee soft-pedals its heavy-handed intrusion into judges' personal lives as merely a proposal to remove a current exemption for "discriminatory" youth organizations. The proposed rule&...
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