Attack on Judge Benitez

[Clarence]

Judge Roger Benitez of the 9th Federal Circuit has been disciplined and sanctioned to trying to send a message to the at risk daughter of a defendant. 

Judge Benitez has consistently upheld second amendment rights in the liberal ninth circuit and he is despised by the enemies of freedom.

Obviously  this sanctioning is meant to stifle Judge Benitez.



https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/san-diego-federal-judge-disciplined-for-misconduct/509-c3af0abe-2891-48da-8484-ee383e049112

[MarcWinkman]

Believe it or not, this bodes well for 2A litigants.  Federal Judges are assigned to handle both criminal and civil cases, given that Judge Benitez has voluntarily agreed not to preside over criminal proceedings given the accusations, it places him in civil land.  Keep in mind that most 2A cases are civil rather than criminal.  This is one where the antis stepped in it because they got over ambitious.

[Just Bill]

Thanks, Mark, for your observation.  But as seems the course, the left is trying to stifle his opinion and put him in his place.

[MarcWinkman]

The left is indeed trying to stifle his rulings, but they're also trying to do so by throwing the proverbial poo at the wall to see what sticks.  If they had half a brain between them all, they'd know that having a United States District judge voluntarily recuse himself from criminal proceedings would accomplish the opposite of their goal with respect to advancing gun control measures.  If they were smart (and they're not), they'd have found a way to have him recuse himself from presiding over civil cases.  Fortunately for us, the left has made their bed and now they've got to sleep in it given that United States District judges are appointed to a life term.  It would take far more serious misconduct for a judge to be removed from the bench.

[Clarence]

Thanks Marc.    We so much appreciate your input here.