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Campaign finance records show that at least two sitting Sedgwick County, Kan., judges have made contributions to the state's leading anti-abortion political action committee — after hearing cases involving abortion-related issues.
Two Kansas judges contributed to anti-abortion PAC | McClatchy
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But some legal scholars, and at least one Kansas lawmaker, say that donations to any political action committee by a sitting judge present at least the appearance of a conflict of interest and that the practice deserves scrutiny.
COH please.
- 7 votes
#1 - Mon Jan 30, 2012 5:58 PM ESTThey should be removed as activist judges. I can remember the repubs using that term under Clinton will here it is again clown!
- 5 votes
appearance of a conflict of interest
It is a conflict of interest. The law needs to be amended because the idiots can't be trusted.
We had the banks try self regulation. It failed.
- 4 votes
“If the campaign ethics commission doesn’t mind and the Supreme Court doesn’t mind — it’s a free country,” she said.
And this is what our judicial system is boiling down to - who gives a @!$%#. Terrible on so many levels. And it doesn't matter what the amount of the donation is, any judge who donates to ANY CAUSE and has a case come before them, they need to recuse themselves. While their initial spot on the bench is an appointment, I hope they are not elected when their term is up.
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#2 - Mon Jan 30, 2012 6:39 PM ESTI don't know which bothers me more, the story or the words "at least" in the first sentence!
This is a person, I could learn to like:
Kansas Sen. John Vratil, a Republican member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and an attorney, said he wants to examine the state’s rule for political contributions by judges.
“It can’t be good for the judiciary because it reflects on their impartiality,” Vratil said.
The Kansas Code of Judicial Ethics broadly prohibits activities that appear to present a conflict of interest.
Read more here: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2012/01/30/137288/two-kansas-judges-contributed.html#storylink=cpy
- 4 votes
#3 - Mon Jan 30, 2012 6:54 PM ESTConflicts of interest abound, and by their contributions you shall know them.
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