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Texas judge who bought Tesla stock won’t recuse himself from X v. Media Matters (arstechnica.com)
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[–] towerful 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Oh, so if a judge has a vested interest in more than 1 party, then they should recuse themselves from the case.
Good to know where the line is

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

The judge's argument is that Tesla, which he owns stock in, isn't a party in the suit against Media Matters, just X. It's a pretty stupid argument, but he wouldn't be able to hurt Media Matters if he recused himself.