Dozens of fed judges attended wk-long seminars at luxury retreats -receiving free rms, free meals, free $ for travel worth 1000s - & failed to fully disclose as required.
Judges w disclosure issues incl some big names.
Aileen #Cannon, currently presiding over #Trump’s docs case, attended 2wk-long seminars at lux resort near Yellowstone Nat Park...failed to upload disclosure w/in 30 days as required.
(NPR) At one event, a far-right German politician with a history of racially inflammatory and anti-immigrant statements made a presentation to dozens of judges. At others, judges heard from an advocacy group that uses lawsuits in federal court to change environmental policy, as well as from corporate CEOs in the oil and pharmaceutical industries.
From the article "For example, dozens of judges took part in a 2022 event that featured a speaker from the far-right Alternative für Deutschland (Alternative for Germany) political party.
Gunnar Beck, a member of the European Parliament and an AfD member, spoke to the group of American federal judges about "European Jurisprudence." Beck has a history of anti-immigrant and racially inflammatory statements.
@GottaLaff@JonChereau Re: Cannon: We need to know who owns the resort and who was there🤔 2 weeks? Must have been a cult indoctrination workshop-- probably led by Should be in Jail Ginni😡 I mean I was in corporate sales for 30 yrs....never was there ever a 2 week long retreat, conference, etc.
@GottaLaff Inadvertent my a$$. There isn't much we can do about SCOTUS justices, but I say haul the rest of them up to a Senate committee and let them answer some questions under oath.
@GottaLaff The laws and codes of ethics related to judicial “educational” opportunities need to be rewritten. Failure to file any required forms should be subject to serious penalties—perhaps on the order of 5% of annual compensation. The submission date for the annual form should be moved up and no extension should be allowed—as a city employee in California, I was required to file a Form 700 financial disclosure when sworn in, when I retired, and every year by April 1; such disclosures are not nearly as difficult as an itemized income tax filing. (Disclosure is required of any employee or contractor who may even influence a decision.) The Clerk of the Court or other responsible officer should be subject to discipline up to dismissal for failing to get reports online by the deadline. I hope that there are many public interest attorneys making plans to have bad decisions set aside because this information was not available when they needed it.
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A sad state of affairs. I remember one judge who was concerned about the appearance of impropriety for having a lunchen with the attorneys from the local bar. He wouldn't even allow them to pay for his lunch.
@GottaLaff I work for a state entity in Texas. I would be fired so fast if I did that kind of thing. A current vendor buying me lunch is OK, but frowned on. They need to be impeached and removed.
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We know how this turned out with drug companies and doctors…
why would it be any different for lobbyists and judges?
Time for anticorruption legislation.
@GottaLaff Inadvertent, my eye! I can hear their apologies now. "I'm sorry" (that I got caught). "It won't happen again" (not this obviously, I'll hide it better next time).
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Google tells me "neglecta lege nulla excusatio" is how you say "ignoring the law is no excuse" in Latin.
Keep up the good work, Laffy. I have been following your posts closely for a while... and really appreciate the work you have put in to keep everyone informed.
@GottaLaff Oopsie! Whatever will Johnny Roberts do to them? I hope they don’t have sensitive wrists, because I have a feeling a slap is all they’ll get… if that.