Schiltz says his New York Times interviews were within judicial ethics rules
Patrick J. SchiltzU.S. district judge responding to the misconduct complaint
Schiltz says his interviews were permitted under judicial-ethics rules.
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The judges' public immigration-enforcement comments compromise their impartiality and warrant recusal.
“well within the ethical rules that apply to federal judges in speaking to the New York Times.”
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DOJ seeks Minnesota judges' recusal over immigration-enforcement interviews
DOJ says Patrick Schiltz and John Tunheim compromised their impartiality by discussing immigration enforcement publicly. Schiltz says his comments were permitted advocacy for judicial independence and the rule of law. Separate recusal motions now target cases before the two judges.
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DOJ alleges that the interviews violated judicial ethics and seeks investigation and recusal. The allegations are not a misconduct finding.
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MPR distinguishes the misconduct complaint from motions in the Ahmed and Weihmann cases, and reproduces Schiltz's defense of his interviews.
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MPR quotes a September 30 statement in which Schiltz says his New York Times interviews complied with judicial ethics rules.
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Schiltz invokes an ethics opinion on speaking about the rule of law and judicial independence.
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The label describes this statement's response within the context above.
Why this label?
He disputes DOJ's characterization of his remarks as prohibited partisan speech, rather than defending DOJ's recusal demand.
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