Democratic Lawmakers Stay Mum On Georgia Judge’s Misconduct (Bloomberg Law)

Aliza Shatzman, President and Founder of The Legal Accountability Project, expressed frustration with congressional Democrats’ inaction regarding Judge Eleanor Ross. Shatzman said it’s “just outrageous” for Georgia Congressman Hank Johnson, as the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee’s courts subcommittee, to conclude the disciplinary action taken by the judicial panel was sufficient.

Shatzman added that Democrats may be reluctant to criticize the judiciary at a time when it’s stood up to President Donald Trump. “Democrats like that the judiciary rules against the Trump administration when they do things that are lawless. But that unfortunately has created a situation where congressional Democrats don’t want to hold the judiciary accountable for anything.”

“We need to be able to separate these two questions: judges wrongly under fire for their rulings, and judges rightly under fire for committing misconduct,” Shatzman said