A judicial conduct panel has rejected Judge Ema Aitken's request for legal clarity, stating that a formal test for misconduct cannot be established without hearing the full evidence, and will instead consider the facts at a February hearing.
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That's a very good question. I would think if a judge, for example, went along to a political party gathering and was making comments about the chief justice and the place needs jolly good shake up, there was a reference to a A case from North America where a judge came into court wearing a MAGA hat. You know, stop thinking things like that, that it's so unbelievably outrageous it goes beyond the pale. Here there was room for some debate and the panel decided that her behaviour was lacking in comity, and I'll come to that in a minute, but didn't justify removal. The whole point about comity is it says between the various branches of government. You've got to show respect and restraint because they are equal branches of government. The judges are not higher or more pure than the parliamentarians and likewise the executive has to show respect to the judiciary and vice versa.
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