DID JUSTICE GINSBURG VIOLATE JUDICIAL ETHICS IN HER CRITICISM OF DONALD TRUMP?

[Bigun]

DID JUSTICE GINSBURG VIOLATE JUDICIAL ETHICS IN HER CRITICISM OF DONALD TRUMP?

I have long been a critic of the Supreme Court justices engaging in public appearances where they hold forth on contemporary issues and even pending matters before the Court. I have been particularly critical of the late Justice Antonin Scalia and Associated Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg who clearly relished appearances before ideologically supportive groups. I have called this trend the “rise of the celebrity justice.” Now, Justice Ginsburg has started another firestorm over public comments where she joked that she would move to New Zealand if Donald Trump is elected. Canon 5 of the judicial ethical rules expressly states that judges shall not “make speeches for a political organization or candidate, or publicly endorse or oppose a candidate for public office.” The problem is that the Court has long maintained that ethical codes are not enforceable against its members as opposed to every other jurist in the country. This absurd position has continued because Congress has failed to act, something that I have previously criticized. Ginsburg’s statements this week reflects the continued sense of impunity enjoyed by justices who violate the core maxim that “no man shall be the judge of his own case.” The justices are the judges of their own ethical cases and they show vividly why that is a dangerous and corrupting power.

https://jonathanturley.org/2016/07/11/did-justice-ginsburg-just-violate-judicial-ethics-in-her-criticism-of-donald-trump/amp/

[Bigun]

The Code of Conduct for U.S. Judges for your reference:  http://www.uscourts.gov/judges-judgeships/code-conduct-united-states-judges

[austingirl]

She sure did and made it personal, too. The ancient leftist needs to retire.

[LateForLunch]

She sure did and made it personal, too. The ancient leftist needs to retire.

hah hah far too late for that.  Ginsburg's own supreme arrogance made her ignore panicked demands from leftists that she retire while a Communi...uh, the 'Crats had the Eightball in the Oval Office and the majority in the senate. I cannot imagine what she might have been thinking when she instead decided to roll the dice and bet everything on the hope that a 'Crat would win the 2016 election.

The old crone was likely whistling a happy tune right up to the morning she woke up to  Hill-O-Lies conceding to DJT - after which time that sick Ginsburg angry-poodle-snarl has been permanently plastered all over her loathesome prune face. heh

"In the Last Days, men (and crones) will wish for retirement but be unable to retire."- Revelations

[EC]

Old story.

Still:

Was she speaking from the bench, or in another capacity as SC Justice?

No, she was not. Therefore she did not breach judicial ethics. The laws of ettiquette, perhaps.

[InHeavenThereIsNoBeer]

Depends[1], was she talking in her sleep?




[1]There's a joke there, but I'll let it go.