A federal judge was determined to have violated judicial ethics rules by criticizing Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito in an op-ed, according to an order made public on Dec. 17.
The judge’s criticism of Alito arose out of the flying of flags outside properties owned by Alito in the aftermath of the Jan. 6, 2021, security breach at the U.S. Capitol.
A judicial council made the finding about U.S. District Judge Michael Ponsor of Springfield, Massachusetts, on Dec. 10, but it was not made public until this week when the conservative advocacy organization known as the Article III Project revealed it.
The group, led by Mike Davis, filed a judicial misconduct complaint earlier this year under the federal Judicial Conduct and Disability Act against Ponsor, alleging that the judge breached judicial ethics….