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* Court rules that federal judge committed judicial misconduct by undermining public confidence in the courts when he pointed out that Supreme Court justices were committing judicial misconduct (if the Supreme Court had any rules) and undermining public confidence in the courts. [WSJ]

* Fifth Circuit en banc (of course) signed off on conviction secured by prosecutor simultaneously working his own case as a judge’s clerk. Will the Supreme Court put a stop to it? [Slate]

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