Can anyone explain what this really means for us non-lawyer people?
I mean, if I saw the judge in a supermarket, I might be tempted to yell some "unsolicited advice" at him. Would he end up being investigated because I advised him to go jump in a lake? I know there's more to it.
Until we know specifics, we can’t say for certain. But it would lend credence to the idea that somebody had access to Trump’s finances to analyze what it would take to take everything away from him.
Judges are not supposed to be influenced by “advice” from legal parties that could be involved in the matter. Remember, the Governor of NY said she would not use this law on anyone besides the President’s election opponent.
It means this is meaningless.
In a legal proceeding, all parties (Plaintiff and Defendant) must be privy to any conversation about an ongoing proceeding with the Judge who is in charge of that proceeding. Otherwise it is an “ex-parte” contact which is a violation of the Code of Judicial Conduct. If a non-party person engages in an ex parte contact with a Judge where the Judge’s proceeding is discussed, that non-party person is subject to criminal charges - Tampering, Undue Influence, etc.
In this instance, he sat and listened to a lawyer unassociated with the case, who told him that the law was being mis-used in several different ways and that the case was bunk.