On: Judge Orders Los Angeles Times to Delete Part of Published Article

[danso]

IIRC, federal judges can be removed by impeachment. Very unlikely that this judge or any other would be impeached just for a controversial ruling, though: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_federal_judge#...

[throw_away2 → danso]

Not a federal judge and not an impeachment, but a judge has been removed for a controversial ruling recently: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/06/06/judge-aaron-p...

[forapurpose → danso]

Approximately 8 federal judges have been impeached in the last century:

https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/impeachments-federal-judg...

That doesn't include how many resigned facing likely impeachment.

[HelloNurse → danso]

It isn't merely a controversial ruling, it might be easily construed as a favor to friends (police and/or the clerks who published the document by mistake).