Professor Jacob Charles Quoted in "Trump-Appointed Judge Dissents in California Ammo Case With Gun-Filled YouTube Video" -- Los Angeles Times

Professor Jacob D. Charles is quoted in the Los Angeles Times article, "Trump-Appointed Judge Dissents in California Ammo Case With Gun-Filled YouTube Video." The article considers United States Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Lawrence VanDyke who offered an ammunition tutorial by handling several firearms in his chambers.

Excerpt from "Trump-Appointed Judge Dissents in California Ammo Case With Gun-Filled YouTube Video"

Jacob Charles, an associate professor of law at Pepperdine Caruso School of Law who has studied and written about 9th Circuit case law around guns, said he had never seen anything like VanDyke’s video before — and for good reason.

“In my opinion, it is beyond question inappropriate. I don’t think there’s any other way to characterize that than as performative advocacy,” Charles said. “Judges shouldn’t be striving to be social media influencers.”

Charles said courts for centuries have relied on written opinions, and VanDyke’s video “seems more like an attempt to own the libs than fulfill the judicial role of engaging in good-faith dispute resolution.”

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