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accuses Media Matters of seeking "backdoor recusal."
As opposed to the "front door judge shopping" which he clearly does agree with?
this post was submitted on 19 Aug 2024
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Of course it’s fucking Reed O’connor
This will get overturned on appeal. He’s frequently overturned for shit like this.
how many times do they need to be overturned before it becomes a judicial competency / ethics case?
because fuck. this guy.
also see: eileen cannon
Does the American law still not have an auto-recuse system that does not even put you on a case of a company you own stock of?
LOL what? they actually allow people to literally shop for an agreeable judge
It does not. You need to ask a judge to recuse themselves and if that doesn’t work ask the court above them to reassign. If they even take it up. Usually the biased judge hears the case then it gets appealed. Which wastes a lot of time and a lot of money.
Which wastes a lot of time and a lot of money.
The American way.
The Texas way. This lawsuit is pure SLAPP. Texas does not have an anti-SLAPP law, and Musk went judge shopping for this specific asshole.
Of course not, that would make the justice system a little more fair.
I don't know, but considering the US's track record...
Title seems to be of low relevance
Media Matters argued in a July court filing that Tesla should be disclosed by X as an "interested party" in the case because of the public association between Musk and the Tesla brand. O'Connor rejected the Media Matters motion in a ruling issued Friday.
O'Connor wrote that financial interest "means ownership of a legal or equitable interest, however small, or a relationship as director, adviser, or other active participant in the affairs of a party." His ruling said the standard is not met in this case and accused Media Matters of gamesmanship:
There needs to be a ban on any judge presiding over something within at least one or two degrees of separation of relationships with said judge. Any direct relationships, either direct relatives or friends or direct investment, and possibly second degree relationships like a relative or friend being invested, or a relative/friend of a relative/friend.
There needs to be a system in place that removes any judge from presiding over a conflicting case