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Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
I'm not so sure. Occasionally even judges find themselves making the "I didn't know I had that stock/LP/REIT etc." mea culpa.
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When she comes out with the mea culpa, she'll be at the same point.
Sure, it's possible not to know what's in your portfolio. But rarely does it happen so grievously. How many times a year to we see an "oops" with a federal judge of this type? I don't really know, but I would guess the conflicts are almost always short-circuited at the assignment point or early in teh case. What's more, my recollection of the ones I've seen have been far less straightforward--involving wholly owned subs with different names, or partially owned ones.
I just don't think its too much to ask for a public figure to check their portfolio occasionally to see what's in it before speaking out about it.
