{"id":2319990,"date":"2024-08-06T12:43:01","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T16:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ethics-panel-supports-judges-clerk-ban-over-anti-israel-protests-at-columbia-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-06T12:47:56","modified_gmt":"2024-08-06T16:47:56","slug":"ethics-panel-supports-judges-clerk-ban-over-anti-israel-protests-at-columbia-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ethics-panel-supports-judges-clerk-ban-over-anti-israel-protests-at-columbia-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethics panel supports judges\u2019 clerk ban over anti-Israel protests at Columbia &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fethics-panel-supports-judges-clerk-ban-over-anti-israel-protests-at-columbia-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2319990&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cruz-hawley-to-face-secretive-senate-ethics-committee-panel\/\" title=\"Cruz, Hawley To Face \u2018Secretive\u2019 Senate Ethics Committee Panel\">ethics panel<\/a> has \u200dcleared a group of eight federal judges from allegations related to their decision\u200c to \u2064boycott hiring \u2062law \u200cclerks from \u2063Columbia \u200dUniversity due to \u200cthe school&#8217;s treatment of anti-Israel \u200cprotests. This ruling came from the Judicial Council for the U.S. \u200bCourt \u200dof \u2063Appeals for the 5th Circuit, which upheld an earlier decision made by Chief Judge \u200cPriscilla Richman that dismissed a complaint\u200c filed \u2062by an unnamed state prisoner. The \u2063complaint suggested that the judges\u2019 actions could lead to potential\u2063 discrimination\u2064 against individuals with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elite-private-academy-refuses-to-show-race-based-curriculum-to-parents\/\" title=\"Elite Private Academy Refuses To Show Race-Based Curriculum To Parents\">differing political views<\/a>.\u2062 However, Richman determined that there was no evidence of misconduct in \u2064the judges&#8217; stance, which is aligned with their announcement not to hire clerks from \u200dColumbia starting with the class of 2024. The judges involved are \u200dprimarily \u200cappointees \u2062of former\u200d President\u2062 Donald Trump and expressed concerns over the university&#8217;s handling of protests related to Israel.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Ethics panel supports judges&rsquo; clerk ban over anti-Israel protests at Columbia<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1697890\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>A group of eight federal judges who vowed to boycott hiring law clerks who graduated from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/columbia-university\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Columbia University<\/a> in response to the school&rsquo;s handling of anti-Israel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/campus-protests\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"protests\">protests<\/a> have been cleared of any wrongdoing, an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/justice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"appeals court panel \">appeals court panel <\/a>decided on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The Judicial Council for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit upheld a June ruling by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kagan-says-supreme-court-needs-mechanism-to-enforce-ethics-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Kagan says Supreme Court needs \u2018mechanism\u2019 to enforce ethics - Washington Examiner\">circuit&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-president-trump-gives-pardons-to-73-individuals-and-commutes-another-70-sentences-steve-bannon-is-included\/\" title=\"BREAKING: President Trump Gives Pardons to 73 Individuals and Commutes Another 70 Sentences \u2013 Steve Bannon Is Included\">chief judge<\/a>, Priscilla Richman, dismissing a complaint against eight unnamed judges. The complaint was initially filed by an unnamed state prisoner against one appellate judge and seven federal district judges, according to the decision.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">James Ho testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on nominations on Capitol Hill in Washington on Nov. 15, 2017. Ho was nominated to be U.S. circuit judge for the 5th Circuit. Three conservative appeals court judges, including Ho, with a history of supporting restrictions on abortion will hear arguments on May 17, 2023, on whether a widely used abortion drug should remain available. (AP Photo\/Carolyn Kaster, File)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ca5.uscourts.gov\/docs\/default-source\/default-document-library\/05-24-90083-through-05-24-90090.pdf?sfvrsn=4c79c92d_0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>complaint<\/a> argued that if judges are willing to punish Columbia graduates, they could be liable to &ldquo;discriminate and retaliate&rdquo; against defendants with different political views and will be biased against any current or former member of the university&rsquo;s community, whether appearing before them as an attorney or party.&rdquo; Richman ultimately found that the substance of the complaint &ldquo;does not support a finding of misconduct,&rdquo; and the ethics panel on Aug. 2 affirmed that.<\/p>\n<p>Although the judges were unnamed, they matched the description of eight of the 13 judges who signed a letter to Columbia&rsquo;s president announcing they would not hire clerks from the university, beginning with the class entering in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The judges, all appointees of former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a>, wrote in the letter that Columbia was functioning as an &ldquo;incubator of bigotry&rdquo; and that they had &ldquo;lost confidence&rdquo; in the university over its handling of students protesting against Israel.<\/p>\n<p>One signature on the letter was from 5th Circuit Judge James Ho, who previously led a boycott of clerks from Yale University and Stanford University due to separate instances of students disrupting conservative speakers and judges at both schools.<\/p>\n<p>The seven others who signed the Columbia letter are from Texas and include U.S. District Judges Alan Albright, David Counts, James Hendrix, Matthew Kacsymaryk, Jeremy Kernodle, Brantley Starr, and Drew Tipton.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Columbia University was the epicenter of anti-Israel protests earlier this year, culminating in the New York Police Department breaking up the encampment and taking back a university building that protesters had forcefully taken.<\/p>\n<p>In early May, the protests became so disruptive that Columbia University announced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/education\/2992260\/columbia-university-cancels-commencement-anti-israel-protests\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>it would not hold<\/a> a universitywide graduation ceremony.<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1697890\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1697890\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ethics panel backs judges&#8217; decision to ban clerks from Columbia due to anti-Israel protests<\/p>\n<p>A panel of appeals court judges has ruled that eight federal judges who pledged not to hire law clerks from Columbia University, in reaction to the university&#8217;s management of anti-Israel protests, did not engage in any misconduct. The Judicial Council for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit upheld a previous ruling by Chief Judge Priscilla Richman, which dismissed a complaint against these unnamed judges. This complaint was filed by an unidentified state prisoner against one appellate judge and seven federal district judges.<\/p>\n<p>The complaint claimed that if these judges were willing to penalize Columbia graduates, they might also &#8220;discriminate and retaliate&#8221; against defendants with differing political beliefs and show bias towards anyone associated with the university appearing before them as either attorneys or parties involved in cases. However, Richman concluded that the allegations did not substantiate claims of misconduct, a finding confirmed by the ethics panel on August 2.<\/p>\n<p>While the judges were not named explicitly, they fit the description of eight out of thirteen who signed a letter addressed to Columbia&#8217;s president stating their intention to stop hiring clerks from the institution starting with those graduating in 2024. These Trump-appointed judges expressed their belief that Columbia had become an &#8220;incubator of bigotry&#8221; and stated they had &#8220;lost confidence&#8221; in how it managed student protests against Israel.<\/p>\n<p>One signatory was Judge James Ho from the 5th Circuit, who previously led similar boycotts against Yale University and Stanford University due to incidents involving disruptions during conservative events at those schools. The other signers included U.S. District Judges Alan Albright, David Counts, James Hendrix, Matthew Kacsymaryk, Jeremy Kernodle, Brantley Starr, and Drew Tipton\u2014all based in Texas.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Columbia was at the center of significant anti-Israel demonstrations that escalated into confrontations requiring intervention by New York City police when protesters occupied a university building. In early May, these disturbances prompted Columbia University to cancel its planned graduation ceremony for all students<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2633,"featured_media":2319991,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Feat.BigApple5-1024x591.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[37336,23356,37337,4381,7580],"class_list":["post-2319990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-anti-israel-protests","tag-clerks","tag-columbia-university","tag-ethics","tag-judges"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Feat.BigApple5-1024x591.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2319990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2633"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2319990"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2319990\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2319991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2319990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2319990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2319990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}