California High Court May Ban Judges

The state of California is working to ban individuals from serving as judges if they are affiliated with the Boy Scouts of America because of the Scouts’ policy of prohibiting homosexual troop leaders. The move, which it has major legal implications, comes from the California Supreme Court Advisory Committee on the Code of Judicial Ethics. Various organizations are warning that such a decision could create a slippery slope by telling judges how they must think in order to serve on the judiciary.

 

In 1996, the California Supreme Court decided to prohibit judges from belonging to groups that discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation but made exceptions for non-profit youth groups.

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