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Sign your name to our open letter to Justice Neil Gorsuch
We write with grave concern about news reports that you have agreed to deliver a speech at the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C. at The Fund for American Studies’ Defending Freedom Luncheon on September 28.
Under Canon 1 of the Code of Conduct for United States Judges, a judge should “maintain and enforce high standards of conduct and should personally observe those standards, so that the integrity and independence of the judiciary may be preserved.” Similarly, the Court has recognized a compelling interest in “preserving public confidence in the integrity of the judiciary.” Williams-Yulee v. Florida Bar, 135 S. Ct. 1656, 1660 (2015).
As you may know, the Trump International Hotel is owned, through LLCs and a revocable trust, by President Trump. This creates several ethical conflicts associated with your appearance there...
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For these reasons, we urge you not to appear at this event at the Trump International Hotel. We respectfully request that you work with The Fund for American Studies to move the event to a different venue, or if that is not possible, decline to appear.
Sincerely,
Ron Fein, Legal Director
John Bonifaz, President
Ben Clements, Chair, Board of Directors
Free Speech For People