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Monday, January 26, 2015

Court: Judges can’t belong to Boy Scouts


Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye
Republican Cantil-Sakauye
 is a Filipino-American jurist and the 28th Chief Justice of California. Appointed by GOP Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Bi-Partisan Authoritarianism
  • The GOP majority on the California Supreme Court joined with Democrats to dictate what organizations a judge is allowed to belong to in their private life.
  • So-called "Conservatives" are anything but Conservative when they dictate that you cannot belong to the "evil" Boy Scouts.
  • Once again I say this is proof that we are ruled by a one-party state.  The Republicrat Party beats you down until you submit to the will of Big Brother.


The People's Republic of California  -  The state Supreme Court has voted to prohibit judges in California from belonging to the Boy Scouts because the 2.7 million-member youth organization bars gays and lesbians from becoming troop leaders.
The court announced Friday that its seven justices had voted unanimously to accept a February 2014 recommendation from its ethics advisory committee to ban Boy Scout membership. As of Jan. 21, 2016, judges affiliated with the Scouts will be in violation of the state Code of Judicial Ethics, which the court oversees, and could face removal from office.
California has been among 23 states with an ethical code that prohibits judges from belonging to organizations that discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation. But the state’s Supreme Court in 1996 approved an exemption, unique to California, for “nonprofit youth organizations” to accommodate judges affiliated with the Boy Scouts reports the San Francisco Chronicle.
The Bar Association of San Francisco and other legal organizations sought to repeal that exemption in 2003. The court refused, and instead instructed judges to disclose connections to the Boy Scouts when they heard cases involving gay rights and related issues, and to disqualify themselves for any conflicts of interest.
In a statement that responded to the committee’s proposal last year, Deron Smith, a spokesman at Boy Scouts headquarters in Irving, Texas, said the Scouts “would be disappointed with anything that limits our volunteers’ ability to serve more youth. ... Today, more than ever, youth need the character and leadership programs of Scouting.”
The proposal had drawn a mixed response from judges. In written comments to the court, one opponent said the prohibition would elevate “gay rights above religious freedom rights,” and another said it would interfere with judges’ rights to raise their children as they choose.
But the California Judges Association, which represents 1,575 of the state’s 2,000 judges, supported the ban.

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