Ethics

Here is the motion to disqualify Judge Feldman, based on his investments. Judge Feldman enjoined the implementation of the US moratorium on exploratory offshore drilling in the Gulf and refused to stay his own order pending appeal.  The following paragraph with the link to the motion comes from a long report in Firedoglake. Following is the Dow Jones report on the motion quoting Prof. Rhode's view of its merit.

"Another week later, and there STILL is no peep from the government on an issue that would be critical to reinstating their moratorium if they really wanted to. But while the government lawyers refuse to zealously litigate the position they claim to support, intervenors represented a by law school clinic professor and two lawyers for environmental groups have done the work the government should have done. On Friday June 2, Defendant-Intervenors filed a Motion to Disqualify Feldman in the district trial court and properly noticed the record at the 5th Circuit."

[edit: WSJ article here.]

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704293604575343361857605650.html