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Timothy M. Tymkovich
Tenth Circuit · appt. Bush
7/7
🥇 Fit for the Bench
1Ethics & Recusalcritical
60%★ earned
“No man is allowed to be a judge in his own cause.” — Madison, Federalist No. 10
Fix the Court reported in 2025 he received roughly $1,190 in 2023 gifts disclosed on a podcast, not his annual report.
2Fidelity to Democracycritical
74%★ earned
“…a government of laws, and not of men.” — Marshall, Marbury v. Madison
No documented defiance of higher courts or election-related misconduct across two decades on the Tenth Circuit.
3Judicial Temperament
72%★ earned
“Justice must satisfy the appearance of justice.” — Frankfurter
No documented reprimands or incivility findings; long-serving former chief judge with no citable temperament complaints.
4Reason, Not Ideology
72%★ earned
“We are not final because we are infallible…” — Robert H. Jackson
No documented pattern of result-driven or grievance rhetoric; conventional conservative jurisprudence on the record.
5Intellectual Honesty & Precedent
71%★ earned
“…to stand by things decided.” (stare decisis) — the common-law maxim
No documented inconsistency with testimony; as chief judge dismissed Kavanaugh complaints on standard jurisdictional grounds after confirmation.
6Independence from Party
66%★ earned
“The complete independence of the courts of justice is peculiarly essential.” — Hamilton, Federalist No. 78
Reliably conservative record without well-documented crossings, though no citable evidence of purely partisan voting; kept neutral.
7Personal Integrity
72%★ earned
“The time is always right to do what is right.” — Martin Luther King Jr.
No criminal or civil matters; the gift-reporting question touches disclosure more than personal character, so integrity stays near neutral.
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