"that every other decision he's made deserves intense scrutiny" When it comes to calculated risks, its sadly a good bet that a judge wont be held accountable.

"that every other decision he's made deserves intense scrutiny" When it comes to calculated risks, its sadly a good bet that a judge wont be held accountable. This particular case got national attention, but judges do questionable judgements all the time that flagrantly ignore the law and nothing ever happens to them. This judge didnt really make a bad bet based on the information he had about what he could get away with. And the odds that he will face any kind of adverse action are small. What is very interesting though, is that both left and right wing sources are lambasting this judge. (albeit for ideologically very different reasons) So he may actually receive some kind of adverse consequence if noise about it continues to ramp up.