Xatolos@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoTexas judge who bought Tesla stock won’t recuse himself from X v. Media Mattersarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square111fedilinkarrow-up1916arrow-down111cross-posted to: legalnews@lemmy.zip
arrow-up1905arrow-down1external-linkTexas judge who bought Tesla stock won’t recuse himself from X v. Media Mattersarstechnica.comXatolos@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square111fedilinkcross-posted to: legalnews@lemmy.zip
minus-squaretowerful@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·3 months 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-squarestankmut@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-23 months 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.