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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFederal Judges or Their Brokers Traded Stocks of Litigants During Cases
https://www.wsj.com/articles/federal-judges-brokers-traded-stocks-of-litigants-during-cases-walmart-pfizer-11634306192No paywall
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Mary Geiger Lewis acquired Walmart Inc. stock. Charles Norgle Sr. reported nearly a dozen buys and sells of Pfizer Inc. shares. Charles Siragusa had two accounts that bought Medtronic PLC stock.
None of that would be a problem, except for this: All are federal judges, and at the time of the trades, all were hearing cases involving those companies.
The Wall Street Journal discovered this trading in a broad investigation that identified 131 federal judges who heard hundreds of cases between 2010 and 2018 involving companies in which they or a family member owned stockin violation of federal law and judicial-ethics rules.
Judges Lewis, Norgle and Siragusa were among 61 judges who didnt just own stocks of companies that were litigants in their courtrooms. Accounts held by the judges or their families traded shares as suits were progressing, the Journals investigation found. Nearly half of the judges reported more than one trade while a case was in progress.
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Federal Judges or Their Brokers Traded Stocks of Litigants During Cases (Original Post)
Nevilledog
Oct 2021
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lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)1. Let me guess. All GOP appointees?
MagickMuffin
(15,886 posts)2. They should be disbarred and charged with criminal charges
What they did they knew was unethical and illegal, but they did it anyway because they thought they could get away with their Black Robed crimes.
We have blue collar criminals, white collar criminals and now the deep state Black Robed criminals.
onecaliberal
(32,471 posts)3. Will we get justice?
BComplex
(7,977 posts)4. No. There's no justice for highly placed people in the United States.
There may be an investigation or two, but that is only to pacify the public until they move on to the next scandal.
Until the USA reintroduces the rule of law for ALL Americans, we are just another third world country.
WA-03 Democrat
(3,017 posts)5. Totally agree!
in2herbs
(2,942 posts)6. Maybe if Biden won't expand the USSC, Congress can impose reporting rules on the USSC judges
and the punishment for not reporting their investments while being in a position to rule on litigation involving their investment(s) should be immediate disbarment. And not limit it to USSC, for example the 5th Circuit could stand to have some light shined on it, too. Make investment reporting mandatory for all judges.
Is there anything prohibiting Congress from imposing this type of rule?