🚨Working on a piece for Monday @FDRLST on the fake flag scandal re Alito. Here's your shorter version: There is no scandal! I served as career law clerk for federal appellate judge for ~25 years, 6 of which I assisted with Codes of Conduct inquiries. While those rules don't 1/
2/apply to Supreme Court justices, the justices apply the same principles. The difference being there is much more detail for lower courts, including that judges are barred from displaying political signs. BUT the rules also make clear that doesn't apply to spouses.
3/ In fact, the Codes of Conduct committee made that point clear through advise. Yes, Judge should discourage, but NO Judge is not "boss" of his spouse and no ethical violation is spouse decides to post a political sign.
🔥🔥🔥THREAD: Today a federal court in Texas granted @realDailyWire @FDRLST & @KenPaxtonTX expedited discovery in their lawsuit against the State Department & GEC, with youthful powerhouse public interest law firm @NCLAlegal representing Media Plaintiffs. 1/
2/ Press release on today's rulings is here...rulings as in plural because Court denied State Department's Motion to Dismiss the First Amendment and ultra vires claims and also Motion to Transfer. nclalegal.org/2024/05/ncla-d…
2/ Judge says "no evidence introduced" that Wade ever received permission to exceed 60 hour cap. BUT
3/ These billing records (I'm assuming were admitted into evidence), shows Wade billed twice that for several months before he entered the second contract in November 2022.