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Texas judge who bought Tesla stock won’t recuse himself from X v. Media Matters(arstechnica.com)

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NotNotMike@programming.dev
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For anyone confused by this headline, there are two trials this judge is considering for X

[O’Conner] was overseeing two lawsuits filed by X and recused himself from only one of the cases.

This isn’t the new case about the “illegal boycott” O’Conner has recused himself from that trial (likely) because he also owns stock in Unilever, one of the defending companies

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towerful@programming.dev
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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

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stankmut@lemmy.world
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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.

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assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world
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Ah this makes more sense. I thought I had heard about a recusal.

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NotNotMike@programming.dev
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Yeah the news of this non-recusal came too soon after the other recusal. Very confusing timeline if you didn’t know there were two cases

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Kalysta@lemm.ee
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Judges really shouldn’t be allowed to own stock. And if they do it should be blind trusts.

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