🚑 Might Make a Good PI Attorney — not fit for the bench. Edward L. Artau holds 2 of seven, but fails a critical Article (Ethics & Recusal). Not bench material — the billboards out on the interstate are hiring.
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1Ethics & Recusalcritical
47%☆ not yet
“No man is allowed to be a judge in his own cause.” — Madison, Federalist No. 10
Ethics complaint (Demand Progress, Freedom of the Press Foundation) alleges he failed to recuse while seeking a Trump nomination and ruling in Trump's favor.
60
2Fidelity to Democracycritical
68%★ earned
“…a government of laws, and not of men.” — Marshall, Marbury v. Madison
No documented election-subversion or defiance of higher courts; concerns center on personal conflict, not fidelity to constitutional order.
60
3Judicial Temperament
71%★ earned
“Justice must satisfy the appearance of justice.” — Frankfurter
No documented temperament complaints, reprimands, or reports of abusive conduct toward litigants or counsel.
60
4Reason, Not Ideology
58%☆ not yet
“We are not final because we are infallible…” — Robert H. Jackson
Concurring in a Trump-favorable ruling while courting his nomination raises documented questions about interest overriding detached reasoning.
60
5Intellectual Honesty & Precedent
52%☆ not yet
“…to stand by things decided.” (stare decisis) — the common-law maxim
Reports (Bloomberg Law, ABA Journal) say he gave incomplete, misleading sworn testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee about nomination contacts.
60
6Independence from Party
44%☆ not yet
“The complete independence of the courts of justice is peculiarly essential.” — Hamilton, Federalist No. 78
Documented record shows he pursued a Trump judgeship, then ruled for Trump before nomination, the core of the pending ethics complaint.
60
7Personal Integrity
53%☆ not yet
“The time is always right to do what is right.” — Martin Luther King Jr.
Filed conflict-of-interest ethics complaint before D.C. and Florida bodies is documented and citable, though not yet adjudicated.
60
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Scores are Independent 2026’s own editorial read against the Seven Articles — ≥60% earns the star. The first two Articles are critical: fail Ethics & Recusal or Fidelity to Democracy and there is no seal, whatever else holds. Each Article carries its founding quote as the yardstick. On bias →