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Over 100 retired federal judges filed ethics complaints against a Department of Homeland Security lawyer who attacked four sitting judges on social media, accusing the official of improper conduct.
More than 100 retired federal judges filed ethics complaints against a Department of Homeland Security lawyer who attacked four sitting judges on social media. The judges named in the attacks had ruled against DHS policies, making it clear the social media posts were retaliation for unfavorable decisions. The retired jurists specifically flagged the violation of professional norms—government lawyers aren't supposed to publicly attack judges whose courts they appear in front of.
This is a straightforward breach of how the legal system is supposed to work. Federal judges need to make decisions without fear of public attack from the government lawyers they're ruling against. A DHS lawyer doing this on social media makes it worse—it's not a closed-door conversation, it's a public campaign. The ethics complaint is the formal response, but it also signals that career judges see this as a real problem. Whether it results in actual consequences depends on whether ethics bodies treat it seriously or defer to the administration.
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