Being
a
federal
judge
has
its
perks.
You
get
to
lash
out
against
a
group
of
students
who
ask
you
to
explain
your
reasoning
and
the
dean
of
Stanford
will
jump
to
your
defense.
You
get
to
turn
decisions
into
targeted
job
applications
for
the
Supreme
Court
in
hopes
that
the
sitting
president
will
notice
you.
Hell,
if
you’re
a
Supreme
enough
judge,
you
can
even
show
love
to
insurrectionists!
But
the
bar
for
punishment
is
a
lot
lower
for
state
judges.
Law360
has
coverage:
A
Florida
state
court
judge
found
to
have
violated
judicial
canons
by
donating
funds
to
the
election
campaigns
of
Kamala
Harris
and
Joe
Biden
and
improperly
discussing
her
own
reelection
campaign
has
been
hit
with
a
10-day
suspension
by
the
Sunshine
State’s
high
court.In
a
per
curiam
ruling
Thursday,
the Supreme
Court
of
Florida suspended
Judge
Stefanie
C.
Moon
of
the
Seventeenth
Judicial
Circuit,
publicly
reprimanded
her
and
ordered
her
to
pay
a
fine
of
$2,115,
equal
to
the
amount
of
the
donations
she
made
to
funds
associated
with
the
Democratic
presidential
candidates.
I
get
the
money
is
speech
argument,
but
the
sums
that
have
been
found
to
violate
judicial
canons
just
seem
ridiculous
to
me.
Nonetheless,
dems
the
rules.
Judge
Moon’s
$2.1k
is
further
on
the
spectrum
than
say
Judge
Merchan’s
$35
donation
to
the
Biden
campaign,
but
any
number
over
zero
is
too
much.
Rules
against
endorsement
of
any
kind
are
so
strict
that
one
judge
got
reprimanded
for
simply
liking
a
post
endorsing
a
candidate
on
Facebook.
Now
the
improperly
discussing
her
own
re-election
campaign
prong?
That
seems
to
be
fair
game.
Robed
and
at
the
bench,
she
asked
a
lawyer
why
he
didn’t
respond
to
a
request
to
support
her
campaign.
With
a
spotlight
that
bright
on
him,
he
probably
felt
like
he
was
with
the
head
of
HR
at
a
Coldplay
concert.
Remember
judges,
there’s
a
time,
place,
and
dress
code
for
questions
like
that:
any
other
time,
any
other
place,
and
any
other
outfit.
Oh,
and
don’t
post
pool
bikini
pics
on
Instagram,
but
that’s
neither
here
nor
there.
Fla.
Judge
Suspended
Over
‘Unacceptable’
Political
Donations
[Law360]
Earlier:
Judge
Gets
In
Trouble
For
Giving
Good
Advice
And
Having
Fun
Chris
Williams
became
a
social
media
manager
and
assistant
editor
for
Above
the
Law
in
June
2021.
Prior
to
joining
the
staff,
he
moonlighted
as
a
minor
Memelord™
in
the
Facebook
group Law
School
Memes
for
Edgy
T14s
.
He
endured
Missouri
long
enough
to
graduate
from
Washington
University
in
St.
Louis
School
of
Law.
He
is
a
former
boatbuilder
who
is
learning
to
swim, is
interested
in
critical
race
theory,
philosophy,
and
humor,
and
has
a
love
for
cycling
that
occasionally
annoys
his
peers.
You
can
reach
him
by
email
at [email protected]
and
by
tweet
at @WritesForRent.