[wimpycat]

I like my analogy to the military...active duty military personnel don't have the same free speech rights as civilians; they can't publicly criticize the government, or their commander-in-chief for example. You won't see a (smart) uniformed Marine participating in an anti-war rally. He could get in trouble for it.

The analogy isn't perfect, but people do understand that active duty military personnel have some limits on their free speech rights. So it's just a short leap from that to judges. When you come to think of it, cops probably can't use their office to promote their agendas, either.

[Chancellor Palpatine]

Sorta - [I'm scrinching up my face, because that conveys perfectly what I mean by sorta].