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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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[–] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 108 points 2 months ago

It's because the politicians make the laws. And they want their judges on the bench to rule in their favor. Laws forcing judges to recuse don't help the politicians ignore the laws they find inconvenient.