What are judges allowed to say?

There is disagreement on that.

See

https://reason.com/volokh/2026/03/12/judge-vandyke-this-is-a-case-about-swinging-dicks/

Can a judge speak the truth?

The difference between 

Is he able to?

Should he?

Is he allowed to?

Judge VanDyke: "This is a case about swinging dicks."

30 members of the Ninth Circuit write to disagree.

This is a case about swinging dicks. The Christian owners of Olympus Spa—a traditional Korean, women-only, nude spa—understandably don't want them in their spa. Their female employees and female clients don't want them in their spa either. But Washington State insists on them. And now so does the Ninth Circuit.