@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 24 days agoTexas judge who bought Tesla stock won’t recuse himself from X v. Media Mattersarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square110fedilinkarrow-up1926arrow-down110cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
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minus-square@towerfullinkEnglish9•24 days agoOh, so if a judge has a vested interest in more than 1 party, then they should recuse themselves from the case. Good to know where the line is
minus-squarestankmutlinkfedilinkEnglish4•edit-221 days agoThe judge’s argument is that Tesla, which he owns stock in, isn’t a party in the suit against Media Matters, just X. It’s a pretty stupid argument, but he wouldn’t be able to hurt Media Matters if he recused himself.
Oh, so if a judge has a vested interest in more than 1 party, then they should recuse themselves from the case.
Good to know where the line is
The judge’s argument is that Tesla, which he owns stock in, isn’t a party in the suit against Media Matters, just X. It’s a pretty stupid argument, but he wouldn’t be able to hurt Media Matters if he recused himself.