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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Jay the Obscure: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by David Sands: [qb]However, the danger that his words could be twisted in such a way as to impugn the impartiality of his tribunal still exists. As he is ethically obligated to minimize appearences of partiality, I think his choice to restrict what media may be recorded is an appropriate one.[/qb][/QUOTE]Maybe he should be ethically obligated to minimize appearances of partiality not by limiting what people hear of what he says, but rather by actually being, you know, impartial. Given Justice Scalia's well publicized need to [URL=http://writ.news.findlaw.com/amar/20031031.html]recuse[/URL] himself from the recent [URL=http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=us&vol=000&invol=02-1624]Pledge of Allegiance[/URL] case in and his proclivity to make controversial public statements, I think limiting access to public statements which may or may not impugn his impartiality via a contextual argument is particularly unacceptable in a democratic system. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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