OPINION
Dear Friends, It’s clearly unethical, folks, for Chancellor McCormick and Vice Chancellor Travis Laster to be publicly commenting on their cases.
Yet in Delaware, they do so with impunity. Even more illegal than public commenting, Laster and McCormick have taken to lobbying the legislature about their cases–this is clearly illegal as it violates the Constitution’s “Separation of Powers” principles.
If Chancellor McCormick wants her whiney-activist voice heard by the legislators, then by God she should run for office and get elected! She was hired to interpret the law, not lobby or interfere with making law. In other states, they would be strongly rebuked, fired, or impeached. But in Governor John Carney’s Delaware, it’s just another day at the Chancery Court offices.I called Laster out on LinkedIn, see his answer in the photo below. What do you think of his answer? Send me your thoughts and feedback. I’m not the only one calling Laster and McCormick out, see this Delaware Call article: Sparks fly in final hearing on corporate law amendments | Delaware Call
Respectfully Yours, JUDSON Benett–Coastal Network
Judson Bennett
Author
Captain A. Judson Bennett was a life- long resident of Lewes, DE. He served the maritime industry for 33 years, primarily as a Delaware River Pilot, guiding large ships to the Port of Philadelphia. Captain Bennett has been an active and consistent entrepreneur over the years.
He was elected as a Lewes City Councilman for 6 years. Afterwards he ran for the Sussex County Council as a Republican, and with 20 thousand people voting, lost Delaware’s closest election by 3 votes to an 8 year incumbent. Abandoning his personal political ambitions, he became the Republican District leader, advocating conservative values. Captain Bennett became a lobbyist in the state legislature advocating among many ideas, financial literacy concepts in education. He managed several political campaigns, including one for Governor of Delaware and one for the US Senate against VP Joe Biden. He is now the owner, operator, and writer for the Coastal Network which communicates regularly with over 6000 people throughout the State of Delaware.
Captain Bennett is a graduate of St. Andrew’s School in Middletown, DE (where the movie “The Dead Poet’s Society was filmed) and also graduated “Magna Cum Laude” from the University of Delaware with a BA in Criminal Justice and an MA in Liberal Studies.
He is now a Widower, living in West Palm Beach, Florida. Captain Bennett has one son, three grandchildren, and one great grand-daughter, all who live in Richmond, Virginia.
