WASHINGTON – Following a profoundly concerning September 17 New York Times article, Mike Davis, founder and president of the Article III Project, filed a formal judicial misconduct complaint against Senior U.S. District Judges Patrick Schiltz and John Tunheim of the District of Minnesota. Davis urged the Eighth Circuit Judicial Council to investigate and remove the judges for unethically conspiring to sabotage the President's lawful immigration enforcement.

“The Article III Project just filed a judicial misconduct complaint against Minnesota federal judges who are conspiring to sabotage the President’s immigration enforcement—and bragging about it to the New York Times,” said Davis.

From the formal complaint: “Senior United States District Judges Patrick Schiltz and John Tunheim of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota made statements that reasonably call into question their impartiality as to the administration, a party that regularly appears before them. [...] Canon 2A of the Code of Conduct for United States Judges dictates that ‘[a] judge should . . . act in a manner that promotes public confidence in the integrity and impartiality of the judiciary.’ [...] An investigation by the Judicial Council is warranted, and Judges Schiltz and Tunheim should retract the statements to correct the appearance of impartiality that has arisen as a result of interviews that never should have occurred, and they should be removed from immigration-related cases going forward.”

The Article III Project (A3P) was founded by veteran GOP operative and attorney Mike Davis, who, after helping win the Senate confirmation battles of Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh, developed the reputation as a “take-no-prisoners conservative eager to challenge the left with hardball tactics,” as reported in The New York Times.‍‍

A3P supports constitutionalist lawyers, judges, and other government officials. We fight for the security of our borders, the security of our elections, and the security of our God-given, inalienable rights. Davis previously served as Chief Counsel for Nominations to Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) on the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary and led the Senate confirmation of Justice Brett Kavanaugh and a record number of circuit court judges.

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