It’s amazing to me that people who hold positions of trust and responsibility, can engage in repulsive conduct that brings into question their judgment, character and intelligence. The police officer in question has been demoted and suspended. Unfortunately, the judge will still be sitting on the bench because of his life time appointment.
It is very difficult to remove a federal judge from the bench. Impeachment is an option but not probable. I know from experience federal judges have to adhere to a code of conduct. Canon 2 of the code states: “A judge should avoid impropriety and the appearance of impropriety in all activities.” Canon 2A of the code states: “An appearance of impropriety occurs when reasonable minds, with knowledge of all the relevant circumstances disclosed by reasonable inquiry, conclude that the judge’s honesty, integrity, responsibility, temperament or fitness as a judge is impaired.”
Public confidence in the judiciary is eroded by irresponsible conduct by judges. This prohibition applies to both professional and personal conduct.
Judge Cebull’s actions violated both codes of conduct.
I have a chapter in my book, The Two Edged Sword, in which I detail my reasons for eliminating lifetime positions for federal judges and the Supreme Court. These judges not only become too powerful, but some, not all, develop the attitude of practically being a higher power and untouchable.
I hope Cebull makes the right choice and steps down. He has brought disrespect to the federal bench.
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Article comments
1 - The Duke
The joke MAY be racial. But it is not racist except in your mind.
The point is that Obama's mother was a slut.
If anything it is insulting to a white woman. And not because she is white.
Because she was a trashy woman.
Just as Pastor Manning has pointed out.
Get the chip off of your collective shoulders.
2 - Glenn Contrarian
To all BC conservatives - witness comment #1. Does it not say something to you to know that most people who keep such opinions are on the conservative side?
Lay down with dogs, get up with fleas. Lay down with tea partiers, get up with santorum.
At some point you really should ask yourselves why it is you have so many looney-tuners on your side...and maybe it's not a good thing to be on the same side as them.
3 - Balladeer
Speaking of "looney-tuners", I suppose you consider the Occupy crowd to be upstanding citizens.
We need more people on the bench like Judge Cebull, and fewer trashy, naive white women and their apologists who wince while they make racist mountains out of innocuous molehills, like the author of this article.
Leftists are hypocrits.
4 - ASUWoman
I believe that the moral of the article is that a Federal Judged forwarded a personal email on the time of his professional non bias Government employment. As each of the previous commenter has done, put their person feelings down, hopefully on their personal time. This judges position is one that his personal feelings should not influence his decision as a judge, but when you send an email on company time that is very controversial what does it say to others of what your views are. Yeah the hole anti-Obama thing was said, but still was not something that should have been sent from his chambers. He should step down because if he does not know his own rules and regulations of his job, how is he going to uphold the law.
5 - Igor
Amazing.
An amazing outburst of blatant racism and personal derogation of the president.
6 - Glenn Contrarian
BC conservatives, look at comments #1 and #3 - these are YOUR people.
7 - Cannonshop
#6, yeah, they almost equal you and Igor, though I admit your spelling is a bit better as is your grasp of punctuation.
#3 Balladeer, the spelling is "Hypocrites", with an "e"-the "e" is silent, as in "Time".
#4 Internet award nomination for staying on topic and not trying to turn this into a childish name-calling contest. The Judge in this situation violated basic professional conduct, and prejudiced any future rulings by acting more the fratboy, than the jurist. You have made a very good point in your comment.