Illinois Supreme Court Accused of Double Standard in Judge’s Removal Over Pro-Trump Comments – Legal Insurrection

“Defendants claim Judge (James) Brown undermined public confidence in the judiciary,” attorneys wrote in the latest filing. “Yet Defendants allow other sitting judges to publicly speak on matters of public concern,” the attorneys argued, before summarizing some of Judge Ramon Ocasio’s  comments. “His columns discuss myriad matters of public concern, including: the ‘abolition of policing’ through the lens of the Native American ‘indigenous resistance’ who view police officers as ‘foot soldiers of U.S. occupation, racism, and misogyny,” the filing stated.