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Judge Alex Kozinski cleared of misconduct (but my illegality concern is not addressed)

By Douglas A. Berman

The blogosphere is buzzing with the news that the Third Circuit, which was tasked with reviewing misconducts complaint against Judge Alex Kozinski, has concluded its investigation via this just-released opinionin which Judge Kozinski is admonished for poor judgment, but cleared any official judicial misconduct.  Specifically, effective coverage can already be found at Above the Law and How Appealing and Patterico's Pontifications. Though the outcome of this matter strikes me as just right, I am a bit disappointed that the Third Circuit opinion and related commentary completely dodges the dicey question of whether any of the files possessed by Judge Kozinski might have technically been child pornography or illegal obscenity.  The Third Circuit opinion notes that some content Kozinski had was "sexually explicit material [that] is undoubtedly offensive to many...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on July 02, 2009 (boomark / email).