🎓 Back to Law School — not fit for the bench. Terrence William Boyle holds 6 of seven, but fails a critical Article (Ethics & Recusal). A capable jurist who forgot day one — recusal. Back to school for the ethics module.
“No man is allowed to be a judge in his own cause.” — Madison, Federalist No. 10
Documented lapse: issued rulings in at least nine cases involving companies whose stock he held (Salon, 2006; congressional nomination record), a conflict-of-interest violation.
60
2Fidelity to Democracycritical
73%★ earned
“…a government of laws, and not of men.” — Marshall, Marbury v. Madison
No documented episodes of defying higher courts or election subversion; appellate reversals are ordinary.
60
3Judicial Temperament
71%★ earned
“Justice must satisfy the appearance of justice.” — Frankfurter
No formal temperament reprimand, though appellate panels have at times chastised his handling of specific cases.
60
4Reason, Not Ideology
71%★ earned
“We are not final because we are infallible…” — Robert H. Jackson
No documented finding of ideology over reasoned analysis; criticism concerns individual rulings, not method.
60
5Intellectual Honesty & Precedent
71%★ earned
“…to stand by things decided.” (stare decisis) — the common-law maxim
No documented finding bearing negatively on intellectual honesty apart from the conflict matter noted under ethics.
60
6Independence from Party
70%★ earned
“The complete independence of the courts of justice is peculiarly essential.” — Hamilton, Federalist No. 78
No documented conduct showing partisan dependence in his decision-making.
60
7Personal Integrity
63%★ earned
“The time is always right to do what is right.” — Martin Luther King Jr.
The documented stock-conflict rulings (Salon, 2006) reflect a financial-conflict lapse, though no criminal or corruption finding resulted.
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 →