Retired attorney A.S. Martin, who has closely followed the election illegalities in Arizona, filed bar complaints against 12 Maricopa County Superior Court judges who ruled on election lawsuits in 2020 or 2022 despite being on the ballot themselves for retention elections. Martin said she believes this is a conflict of interest and self-dealing since the judges had an interest in upholding the election due to wanting to retain their seats. Usually, judges easily win retention elections, but this past year was different, since progressives targeted some of them, causing three judges to lose their elections.
Conservative Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Daniel Kelly recused himself from a major case involving the potential removal of more than 200,000 people from the state’s voter rolls in 2020 due to being on the ballot himself. After he lost re-election, he undid his recusement and resumed participating in the case.
Martin published an article earlier this week on Substack going over the judges she filed complaints against and their rulings. “We are witnessing a judge presiding in Maricopa County Superior Court, whose seat is subject to the approval of the voters, ruling on cases that directly involve his own retention and the very ballots upon which his own name is printed,” she said.
Martin cited Rule 1.2 of the Arizona Code of Judicial Conduct. It provides in part, “A judge shall act at all times in a manner that promotes public confidence in the independence, integrity, and impartiality of the judiciary, and shall avoid impropriety and the appearance of impropriety…. Conduct that compromises or appears to compromise the independence, integrity, and impartiality of a judge undermines public confidence in the judiciary.”
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