The judge should certainly be censured (if that even has any meaning any more), but perhaps impeachment and removal from the bench would provide a suitable morality lesson for other judges who seem intent on purposely misinterpreting the plain letter of the law. Alcee Hastings was removed from the bench for really much less, as he merely received bribes, and did not materially transform legal precedent.
I remember Alcee well since I was living in Miami.