9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Aug. 5, 2008
Kozinski: Stay on the Bench, or Get Off the Court?
Judges are allowed to engage in legal behavior that does not affect their ability to carry out their duties, writes Erwin Chemerinsky. - Forum Column
Erwin Chemerinsky
Dean and Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law, UC Berkeley School of Law
Erwin's most recent book is "Worse Than Nothing: The Dangerous Fallacy of Originalism." He is also the author of "Closing the Courthouse," (Yale University Press 2017).
By Erwin Chemerinsky
This article appears on Page 6
Alex Kozinski broke no law. He violated no provision of the Code of Judicial Ethics. Nor did he engage in any improper conduct that affected the decision of any case before him. There is thus no basis for suggesting that he should resign from the bench.
The claim is that Kozinski maintained a public Web site where he p...
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