Judge calls prosecutors into court to explain reasons for abandoning Eric Adams case - POLITICO

Ho's order is the first indication that he may not quietly accept the Justice Department's effort to torpedo the case, in which Adams is accused of bribery and other corruption charges. Some legal experts think the judge has limited power to resist the dismissal, but others believe he could refuse to allow the charges to be dropped. The advocacy group Common Cause has asked Ho to appoint a special prosecutor to take over the case...

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/18/eric-adams-judge-orders-prosecutors-00204658

PISSED OFF Judge CONFRONTS Trump MAYOR SCHEME

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8BSFurMFaE

Abortion pill case spotlights rightwing judge and his wife’s shadowy connections

Ho served on the three-judge panel last summer that ruled to restrict access to mifepristone. The legal group behind the mifepristone case, Alliance Defending Freedom, made at least six payments from 2018 through 2022 to his wife, Allyson, a powerhouse federal appellate lawyer who has argued in front of the supreme court and has deep connections to the conservative legal movement that has led the attack on the right to abortion in the US. 

The payments don't violate the court's code of conduct, according to Stephen Gillers, a New York University emeritus professor of law and author of Regulation of Lawyers: Problems of Law and Ethics. But some court watchers argue that Ho's failure to recuse himself from the case illustrates why public trust in the judiciary is eroding. One recent survey found that 63% of judges noted a dip in the public's positive perception of them.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/25/judge-james-ho-wife-mifepristone-abortion-pill

Judge James Ho attacks abortion rights while accusing a lower court of anti-Christian bias.

Donald Trump’s most enduring legacy may be his successful efforts to pack the federal judiciary with far-right ideologues who use the pretext of law to impose their conservative policy preferences on the country. Trump’s judicial nominees have varying fixations: Some favor restricting the right to vote; others wish to strike down environmental protections; and many are eager to roll back LGBTQ rights. But the overarching obsession of Trump’s judges remains the same: a fervent desire to overturn Roe v. Wade and allow the government to ban abortion. And on Sunday, one of Trump’s most extreme nominees laid bare his deep-seated hostility toward abortion in a one-page opinion remarkable for both its candor and intemperance.....

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/07/judge-james-ho-attacks-abortion-rights-while-accusing-a-lower-court-of-anti-christian-bias.html

A Newly Appointed Trump Judge Shows the President’s Court-Packing Strategy Is Working - Slate

In his first opinion, James Ho argued rich people have a constitutional right to buy elections. ....
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/04/james-ho-shows-the-presidents-court-packing-strategy-is-working.html