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judicial ethics

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A quick definition of judicial ethics:

Judicial ethics refers to the rules and standards that judges must follow to maintain their independence, impartiality, and avoid any improper behavior. Each state has a judicial commission responsible for dealing with complaints of judicial misconduct. If a complaint passes the screening and deposition phases, it is investigated and a trial-like hearing is instituted. The commission has the power to sanction a judge and require them to retire or resign. Some commissions can even make a finding of criminal guilt punishable as a felony. Commission findings are appealable to state courts.

A more thorough explanation:

Judicial ethics refers to the standards and norms that judges must follow to maintain their independence, impartiality, and avoid any improper behavior. It is a part of legal ethics, which deals with ethical issues in the legal profession.

Each state has established a judicial commission to deal with complaints of judicial misconduct. These commissions investigate complaints and hold trial-like hearings to determine if a judge has violated the rules of conduct. If found guilty, the commission can sanction the judge, require them to retire or resign, or even make a finding of criminal guilt punishable as a felony under state or federal law.

For example, if a judge accepts a bribe or shows favoritism towards a particular party in a case, they would be violating judicial ethics. The judicial commission would investigate the complaint and hold a hearing to determine if the judge should be sanctioned or removed from their position.

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babycat
19:43
We sharing Goodreads on here?
1a2b3c4d26z
19:43
jurassic park unironically good
1a2b3c4d26z
19:43
crime and punishment top 1
1a2b3c4d26z
19:43
im okay with being called basic for that one
2big2fail
19:44
im gatekeeping my current book
Dkk
19:44
@2big2fail: looks like an Aristotle wannabe.
2big2fail
19:44
whatever. im just reading the financial times
1a2b3c4d26z
19:44
ft goated
concorde
19:45
I hate Dostoevsky
2big2fail
19:45
studying cloud computing, not the cloud of unknowing
babycat
19:45
@1a2b3c4d26z: serotonin is my fave houellebecq
1a2b3c4d26z
19:45
chefs kiss mwah
2big2fail
19:45
i honestly dont understand why people like houellebecq
1a2b3c4d26z
19:45
I'll try to describe how I feel about him
2big2fail
19:46
my favorite french authors are balzac and proust, as basic as that is
1a2b3c4d26z
19:46
basically I read his book and the whole time I read it I liked it so I finished it and I said hm I liked that book written by the author houellebecq
1a2b3c4d26z
19:46
balzac hahaha
2big2fail
19:46
lost illusions is goated
does it take longer to hear back if u applied to scholarships for schools like ucla???
Dkk
19:47
For Houellebecq I have only read https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomised
JumpySubsequentDolphin
19:47
you guys should read averroes
also do we think ucla wont do a wave tmw cuz they did a tiny one tonight, can schools do 2 days ina. row
JumpySubsequentDolphin
19:47
perhaps read the incoherence of philosophy first and then read averroes’ response: “the incoherence of the incoherence”
2big2fail
19:47
@Dkk: i read that one. just thought it was boring and not really in touch with reality
JumpySubsequentDolphin
19:47
SPLITTY usually they’re Friday!
Dkk
19:48
@2big2fail: I agree.
HUH then what the heck is this wave tonight ab are they tryna give us an attack???
babycat
19:49
@texaslawhopefully: don’t really remember it but my ibooks library says i read it in 2020. that whole year is a haze.
Dkk
19:51
My favorite book though, The Good Morty: https://archive.org/details/TheGoodMorty
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