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Perspective

Feb. 7, 2015

Judges aren't out of Scouts just yet

Many lawyers and judges believe that the controversy whether California judges can be members of the Boy Scouts of America is over. But it may be just beginning. By Paul A. Hoffman


By Paul A. Hoffman


Many lawyers and judges believe that the controversy whether California judges can be members of the Boy Scouts of America is over. But it may be just beginning.


Since 1996, California judges have been prohibited from belonging to groups that invidiously discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation. Until last month, membership in nonprofit youth groups was exempted from that rule, Canon 2C of the California Code of Judicial Ethic...

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