{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"The Perils of Being a Judge on Social Media","description":"Duration: 44:45 For an institution that is supposed to appear at all times above the fray, it can get tricky when members of the judiciary decide to accept a Facebook friend request or even just retweet a news article. A set of federal and state appellate court decisions over the summer offered some guidance on what\u2019s allowable for judges when it comes to social media, but a lot is still murky. This week on Unprecedented, we explore the ethical boundaries for the bench online, as well as what judges are telling lawyers about social media behavior.   \u201cFor judges, this area has really just exploded, in part because of the role that politics plays in many states -- 39 states elect their judges in some kind of partisan election,\u201d says guest John Browning, an attorney at Passman Jones in Dallas who has written at length about the issue. Multiple states have dealt with whether judges \u201cliking\u201d a fellow judge\u2019s campaign Facebook site is an impermissible endorsement. Some judges don\u2019t even realize what they\u2019re sharing with the world.  \u201cWe have, in some sense, judges with a lack of understanding of how it works.\u201d ","author_name":"Unprecedented","author_url":"http:\/\/unprecedented.libsyn.com\/website","html":"