Federal Judges or Their Brokers Traded Stocks of Litigants During Cases


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 stock—in violation of federal law and judicial-ethics rules.
Judges Lewis, Norgle and Siragusa were among 61 judges who didn't 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 Journal's investigation found. Nearly half of the judges reported more than one trade while a case was in progress.
Federal law and ethics rules say judges must recuse themselves if they, their spouse or any minor children own even a single share of a company that is a plaintiff or defendant in a case before them.

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The "law" says that Federal judges are supposed to recuse themselves however, Democrats ignore the law and no one seems to do anything about it. Democrats want to do away with the Constitution, my guess is that isn't "legal" either but, again, Democrats ignore the law with impunity. The "law" only applies to Conservatives, Republicans & those who support Donald Trump!

Quote from: RV on October 23, 2021, 11:51:37 AMThe "law" says that Federal judges are supposed to recuse themselves however, Democrats ignore the law and no one seems to do anything about it. Democrats want to do away with the Constitution, my guess is that isn't "legal" either but, again, Democrats ignore the law with impunity. The "law" only applies to Conservatives, Republicans & those who support Donald Trump!

Always keep in mind all judges are lawyers. Leopards do not change their stripes and neither do lawyers.

Quote from: supsalemgr on October 23, 2021, 12:06:51 PMAlways keep in mind all judges are lawyers. Leopards do not change their stripes and neither do lawyers.

That reminds me of a joke!

Q.] What do you get if you have a thousand dead attorneys?

A.] A good start!

Quote from: RV on October 23, 2021, 11:51:37 AMThe "law" says that Federal judges are supposed to recuse themselves however, Democrats ignore the law and no one seems to do anything about it. Democrats want to do away with the Constitution, my guess is that isn't "legal" either but, again, Democrats ignore the law with impunity. The "law" only applies to Conservatives, Republicans & those who support Donald Trump!

Exactly! The left hates the rule of law, and for the most part so do the RINO, which is why nothing much is being done to stop it.

Quote from: supsalemgr on October 23, 2021, 12:06:51 PMAlways keep in mind all judges are lawyers. Leopards do not change their stripes and neither do lawyers.

You know what else to keep in mind? All the darn politicians were almost all lawyers too, in both parties. Almost all pols used to be or at least went to school to be a lawyer, some went on to be prosecutors or judges. But that tells me just how corrupt the law and politics is here in america. And its probably worse elsewhere.

Quote from: Solar on October 23, 2021, 01:09:27 PMExactly! The left hates the rule of law, and for the most part so do the RINO, which is why nothing much is being done to stop it.

So, that makes me think that neither party will do anything to stop the doing away with the Constitution or Bill of Rights either then!? Seems like just another reason to switch parties.

Quote from: RV on October 24, 2021, 12:02:32 PMSo, that makes me think that neither party will do anything to stop the doing away with the Constitution or Bill of Rights either then!? Seems like just another reason to switch parties.

To What?      

That's why TEA has been evicting the Marxists from the GOP. We don't have far to go...

Quote from: Solar on October 15, 2021, 07:07:12 PMFederal Judges or Their Brokers Traded Stocks of Litigants During Cases

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 stock—in violation of federal law and judicial-ethics rules.

Is there a list of all the judges uncovered in this investigation?

The party affiliation of appointed, federal judges
(who are supposed to be "non-partisan")
can be discovered by looking at the judge's ".gov" webpage
and seeing who appointed the judge.

The party affiliation of elected "non-partisan" judges
(there are many of these in state and local courts)
can be discovered by looking at
the state or local D and R parties' endorsements
from the last time the judge ran for that office.

Quote from: je_freedom on November 08, 2021, 03:56:31 PMIs there a list of all the judges uncovered in this investigation?

The party affiliation of appointed, federal judges
(who are supposed to be "non-partisan")
can be discovered by looking at the judge's ".gov" webpage
and seeing who appointed the judge.

The party affiliation of elected "non-partisan" judges
(there are many of these in state and local courts)
can be discovered by looking at
the state or local D and R parties' endorsements
from the last time the judge ran for that office.

Yeah, they were all Uniparty.