What To Make Of The Leak From The Judicial Conference?
Margot Cleveland at The Federalist obtained a copy of a memorandum prepared by the Judicial Conference of the United States. This group includes the Chief Justice of the United States, the Chief Judges of the Federal Courts of Appeals, as well as certain district court judges. Margot did not reveal who authored the memorandum.
To be clear, I have no love for the Judicial Conference. I think they completely botched the judicial reassignment policy. And these august judges haven’t said a peep about Judge Pauline Newman’s stealth impeachment. Still, I am profoundly troubled by leaks. I don’t like leaks from the Supreme Court. And I don’t like leaks from other judicial bodies. The deliberations of the judicial conference should more transparent. Trying to figure out what is going on resembles Kremlinology. But as things stand now, they aren’t transparent. Cleveland does not say how she got the document. I imagine it would have had to come from a judge, or perhaps someone on a judge’s staff. No
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