I can understand a conflict of interest if judges rule in favor of their attorney friend. However, how would we ever really know if they are friends doing favors for each other? The judge is supposed to be an honest, above board individual. Nearly all judges were formally lawyers and as such probably have many lawyer friends. Even the judge’s next door neighbor might be an attorney. I would worry more about casual conversations, dinners, golfing, barbecues, etc. and less about a little online chatter in Facebook.
Isn’t this giving too much influence to Facebook’s powers?
What’s next? If a judge is married to an attorney, should we require they get an annulment to avoid a conflict of interest?
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/state/fla-judges-and-lawyers-can-t-be-facebook-115485.html
Friday, December 11, 2009
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