Ontario judge accused of sexual assault retires, escaping penalty hearing
An Ontario judge who was found guilty of judicial misconduct following allegations of sexual assault and assault has retired, according to an independent body that reviews complaints against judges.
#judicialmisconduct #sexualassault #assault #Ontario
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-judge-retires-judicial-misconduct-paul-currie-9.7069072?cmp=rss
Disciplinary body finds Ontario judge guilty of judicial misconduct
An Ontario judge who was accused of sexual assault and assault has been found to have engaged in judicial misconduct, according to an independent body that reviews complaints against judges.
#judicialmisconduct #sexualassault #assault #Ontario
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-judicial-council-panel-paul-currie-9.7049198?cmp=rss
Well, this can’t be good. When the Supreme Court has lost credibility even among federal judges, how can we expect any semblance of a fair justice system. (Gift Article) #SCOTUS #JusticeForAll #JudicialCoup #JudicialMisconduct #Corruption #RuleOfLaw https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/us/politics/judicial-crisis-supreme-court-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.sk8.QKiu.Vb0lyiBnL356&smid=nytcore-android-share
Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders

Dozens of sitting judges shared with The Times their concerns about risks to the courts’ legitimacy as the Supreme Court releases opaque orders about Trump administration policies.

The New York Times
Well, this can’t be good. When the Supreme Court has lost credibility even among federal judges, how can we expect any semblance of a fair justice system. (Gift Article) #SCOTUS #JusticeForAll #JudicialCoup #JudicialMisconduct #Corruption #RuleOfLaw https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/us/politics/judicial-crisis-supreme-court-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.sk8.QKiu.Vb0lyiBnL356&smid=nytcore-android-share
Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders

Dozens of sitting judges shared with The Times their concerns about risks to the courts’ legitimacy as the Supreme Court releases opaque orders about Trump administration policies.

The New York Times

As Trump Dodges Court Orders, Samuel Alito Suggests Obeying Judges Optional
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/03/samuel-alito-lower-courts

SCOTUS justice touts flouting democratic norms after taking part in a decades-long efforts to weaken democratic rights

#TransLivesMatter
#Trump #fascism #PresidentialImmunity #SCOTUS #Alito #JudicialMisconduct #FederalistSociety #LeonardLeo #whiteSupremacism #Christofascism #transgenocide

Background: Transphobia, transgenocide
https://persagen.org/wpi/transgenocide/docs/transgenocide.pdf

CAVE: collaborate, advocate, vote, educate

As Trump dodges court orders, Samuel Alito suggests obeying judges can be optional

A justice suggests flouting democratic norms after taking part in a decades-long project to weaken democratic rights.

Mother Jones

Trump Bullies U.S. Judiciary To See If It Has Any Spine
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo/trump-bullies-the-judiciary-to-see-if-it-has-any-spine

* Trump's 2 parallel races to courthouse
1. mad-dash effort to stop his N.Y. court sentencing
2. attempt to block public release of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s final report on Jan. 6 & Mar-a-Lago prosecutions

#Trump2 #GOP #fascism #authoritarianism
#ChristianRight #SCOTUS #antiLGBT #transphobia
#JudicialMisconduct #SamuelAlito
#capitalism #corporations #billionaires #libertarianism
#Christofascism #transgenocide

Trump Bullies The Judiciary To See If It Has Any Spine

If the courts show some spine, it will still be a somewhat hollow victory. If they show none, well, at least we know what we’re up against.

TPM - Talking Points Memo
Trump Spoke With Alito Before Asking SCOTUS for Hush-Money Favor

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito said he and Donald Trump did not discuss the request during their secret talk.

The New Republic

Trump Reportedly Considering Aileen Cannon as AG
https://truthout.org/articles/trump-is-reportedly-considering-aileen-cannon-to-be-his-ag-if-he-wins-election

* pot. quid pro quo

Aileen Cannon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aileen_Cannon
* U.S. fed. judge appointed by Trump
* numerous conflicts of interest/favoritism re: Trump

Aileen Cannon Threw Out Trump Documents Case
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/112793162998567708

Cannon Failed to Disclose Right-Wing Junket
https://www.propublica.org/article/judge-aileen-cannon-trump-documents-case-travel-disclosures

* oversight of Trump's classified documents case widely criticized
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113154166796481007

#AileenCannon #Trump #JudicialMisconduct

Trump Is Reportedly Considering Aileen Cannon to Be His AG If He Wins Election

Some commentators have said that the decision to pick Cannon could be a potential quid pro quo.

Truthout

Judge Aileen Cannon Failed to Disclose Right-Wing Junket
Repeatedly violates rule requiring federal judges disclose attendance at private seminars
https://www.propublica.org/article/judge-aileen-cannon-trump-documents-case-travel-disclosures

* Cannon's oversight of Trump's classified documents case widely criticized
* May 2023 banquet funded by conservative law school
* sat with members of Antonin Scalia’s family, fellow Federalist Society members, 30+ conservative federal judges

#Trump #AileenCannon #MAGA #corrruption #JudicialMisconduct #EnablingFascism #GOP

Judge Aileen Cannon Failed to Disclose a Right-Wing Junket

Cannon, whose oversight of the Donald Trump classified documents case has garnered widespread criticism, has repeatedly violated a rule requiring that federal judges disclose their attendance at private seminars.

ProPublica