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I do support judges' rights to air political opinions on social media, though they should probably keep mum on cases they are presiding over. I think it should be kept out of the courtrooms, but six months seems extreme.Kwan isn't the first city judge to be reprimanded for political opinions. A municipal judge in Akron, Ohio, came under fire in 2016 after she attended a rally for Trump and stood behind him while holding one of his campaign signs.
Yeh, as long as it isn't swaying their... judgment, then whatever. If they start to full-on profile, then kick 'em.Darth Wedgius wrote: ↑Sat Jun 01, 2019 7:13 am From the article:I do support judges' rights to air political opinions on social media, though they should probably keep mum on cases they are presiding over. I think it should be kept out of the courtrooms, but six months seems extreme.Kwan isn't the first city judge to be reprimanded for political opinions. A municipal judge in Akron, Ohio, came under fire in 2016 after she attended a rally for Trump and stood behind him while holding one of his campaign signs.
From the article Fuzzy linked to:Mecha82 wrote: ↑Sat Jun 01, 2019 1:17 pm Ah yes, another case when people are punished from being critical towards Trump. This time it just happens to be judge. I do wonder if this would had happened if he he been praising Trump instead of critical towards Trump. This is actually something that free speech is supposed to protect people from so that those in power won't be unopposed instead of opposing voices being silenced because those in power don't like it.
(emphasis added)Kwan isn't the first city judge to be reprimanded for political opinions. A municipal judge in Akron, Ohio, came under fire in 2016 after she attended a rally for Trump and stood behind him while holding one of his campaign signs.
So one does down for being pro-POTUS and the other does down for being Anit-POTUS? Either they were suspended for having a public opinion on the POTUS... or these suspensions were administered by two different people with differing alignments.Darth Wedgius wrote: ↑Sat Jun 01, 2019 1:52 pmFrom the article Fuzzy linked to:Mecha82 wrote: ↑Sat Jun 01, 2019 1:17 pm Ah yes, another case when people are punished from being critical towards Trump. This time it just happens to be judge. I do wonder if this would had happened if he he been praising Trump instead of critical towards Trump. This is actually something that free speech is supposed to protect people from so that those in power won't be unopposed instead of opposing voices being silenced because those in power don't like it.(emphasis added)Kwan isn't the first city judge to be reprimanded for political opinions. A municipal judge in Akron, Ohio, came under fire in 2016 after she attended a rally for Trump and stood behind him while holding one of his campaign signs.
And one of them is getting significantly more media attention.ProfessorDetective wrote: ↑Sun Jun 02, 2019 2:30 amSo one does down for being pro-POTUS and the other does down for being Anit-POTUS? Either they were suspended for having a public opinion on the POTUS... or these suspensions were administered by two different people with differing alignments.Darth Wedgius wrote: ↑Sat Jun 01, 2019 1:52 pmFrom the article Fuzzy linked to:Mecha82 wrote: ↑Sat Jun 01, 2019 1:17 pm Ah yes, another case when people are punished from being critical towards Trump. This time it just happens to be judge. I do wonder if this would had happened if he he been praising Trump instead of critical towards Trump. This is actually something that free speech is supposed to protect people from so that those in power won't be unopposed instead of opposing voices being silenced because those in power don't like it.(emphasis added)Kwan isn't the first city judge to be reprimanded for political opinions. A municipal judge in Akron, Ohio, came under fire in 2016 after she attended a rally for Trump and stood behind him while holding one of his campaign signs.
Neither of these scenarios are good.
I don't want either in trouble for having personal political opinions, but FWiW if that's going to happen then I'd rather it be independent of political bias.ProfessorDetective wrote: ↑Sun Jun 02, 2019 2:30 amSo one does down for being pro-POTUS and the other does down for being Anit-POTUS? Either they were suspended for having a public opinion on the POTUS... or these suspensions were administered by two different people with differing alignments.Darth Wedgius wrote: ↑Sat Jun 01, 2019 1:52 pmFrom the article Fuzzy linked to:Mecha82 wrote: ↑Sat Jun 01, 2019 1:17 pm Ah yes, another case when people are punished from being critical towards Trump. This time it just happens to be judge. I do wonder if this would had happened if he he been praising Trump instead of critical towards Trump. This is actually something that free speech is supposed to protect people from so that those in power won't be unopposed instead of opposing voices being silenced because those in power don't like it.(emphasis added)Kwan isn't the first city judge to be reprimanded for political opinions. A municipal judge in Akron, Ohio, came under fire in 2016 after she attended a rally for Trump and stood behind him while holding one of his campaign signs.
Neither of these scenarios are good.