State Judges Are Clowns
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Judge of the Day, Prostitution, Sex, Sex Scandals, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns
Judge of the Day: Ronald Tills
New York judge Ronald Tills is the guy you want in charge of your bachelor party. You might think he’s out of touch at 73 years old, but he still knows where to find the ladies. Unfortunately, they’re the kind you have to pay for. Tills pleaded guilty last week to violating the Mann Act […] -
Bad Ideas, Contempt, Fashion, Rudeness, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns
Should Wearing Short Shorts Be A Crime?
Judges who hold people in contempt, or even jail them, for letting their cellphones go off in court — e.g., Robert Restaino, Diane Boswell — may be overreacting. The same can’t be said for Judge Janet Booth, of Garrard County, Kentucky. Judge Booth just sent a woman to jail, for three days, for wearing short […] - Sponsored
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Defamation, Judge of the Day, Lunacy, Media and Journalism, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns
Judge of the Day: Ernest B. Murphy
Back in 2007, Judge Ernest B. Murphy won his libel case case against the Boston Herald. The Herald had reported that Murphy was soft on crime and, well, nobody puts Baby in the corner. But winning just wasn’t enough for Judge Murphy. After he won he sent two threatening letters to Patrick Purcell, publisher of […]
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7th Circuit, New York Times, State Judges Are Clowns, US Weekly, Weddings
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch 8.10: Hotness Disparity Edition
As some of you have noticed, we tend not to remark negatively on the innate physical attributes of our Legal Eagle contestants. There are several reasons for our reticence, but the most basic one is simply this: LEWW believes that prestige is beautiful. LEWW believes that every bride can look gorgeous on her special day […] -
Elizabeth Halverson, Fat People, Politics, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns
Judge Halverson Has Sung
A tipster dubbed yesterday “the day legal comedy died.” From the Las Vegas Review-Journal: While the Judicial Discipline Commission weighs the fate of embattled District Judge Elizabeth Halverson, voters delivered their own verdict Tuesday, deciding Halverson must go. Halverson, who faces complaints of falling asleep on the bench and harassing her staff, received less than […] -
Elizabeth Halverson, Fat People, Health Care / Medicine, Ridiculousness, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns, Trials
Breaking: Judge Halverson Passes Out; Hearing Postponed
This just in, from a West Coast tipster who has been following L’Affaire Halverson obsessively: Halverson passes out at hearing; adjourned due to medical reasons. Based on live observations… Update: More details from the AP: A disciplinary hearing for a suspended Nevada state judge has been postponed, after she reported she felt ill. The Nevada […] -
Elizabeth Halverson, Fat People, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns
Due Process for Judge Halverson?
America’s favorite plus-size jurist, Judge Elizabeth Halverson, is back in the news. The disciplinary hearing to remove her from the bench — figuratively, not literally — got underway today. Earlier this afternoon, from a Halverson-following reader: CNN.com has live video stream of the Judge Halverson trial/hearing. I just started listening to it, so there hasn’t […] -
DUI / DWI, Isn't It Ironic, Judge of the Day, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns, Videos
Judge of the Day: Carlton Vines
Judge Carlton Vines presides over traffic violations and DUIs in Chattooga County, Georgia. It’s a tiny county with a population of just over 25,000. The local newspaper, The Summerville News, has an ongoing investigative series examining the county’s drunk-driving phenomenon and growing number of DUI arrests. Unfortunately, Judge Vines has become a part of the […] - Sponsored
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Judge of the Day: Jay Spechler
The fabulous Monica Goodling — if you’re on Facebook, join her fan club — isn’t the only person being accused of anti-lesbian bias these days. From the Daily Business Review (via JAABlog): -
Elizabeth Halverson, Fat People, Legal Ethics, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns
Judge Elizabeth Halverson 2008 Update
Judge Elizabeth Halverson has graced stomped through these pages many times before. But this is her first appearance of 2008. The LA Times recounts some Halverson highlights: Her former bailiff said he was forced to heat and serve her lunch, check the temperature of her ice water, brush lint from her robe, help her put […] -
Crime, Judge of the Day, Old People, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns, Violence
Ex-Judge of the Day: John Brennan
Since yesterday, when the big Eliot Spitzer news broke, we’ve been on a bad-behavior kick here at ATL. So let’s keep going down that path. A tipster sent us a juicy story, with this intro: This is wild. And by wild, I mean INSANE… He’s 61. She’s 25. He likes booze, cocaine, and turtlenecks. How’s […] -
Judge of the Day, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns
Judge of the Day: LaLeshia Walker Alford
Gotta love an elected judiciary. From the New Orleans Times-Picayune: A Shreveport judge’s excessive use of prescription drugs led her to disgrace the judiciary by missing work, falling asleep on the bench, and at times talking gibberish to convicts, the Louisiana Supreme Court has ruled in a 7-0 decision that permanently removed her from office. […] -
D.C. Circuit, Douglas Ginsburg, Hillary Clinton, Iraq, Morning Docket, Politics, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns
Morning Docket: 01.25.08
* Does the Bush Administration have Blackwater’s back? The U.S. pushes for specific legal protections from Iraqi law for civilian contractors. [New York Times] * West Virginia: a little less corrupt than last week? WV Supreme Court agrees to rehear Massey Energy case (previously discussed here). [AP; WSJ Law Blog] * D.C. Circuit Chief Judge […]
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Crime, Judge of the Day, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns, Weirdness
Judge of the Day: David Medina(And More About a Recent Lawyer of the Day, Chuck Rosenthal)
It’s not every day that a member of a state’s highest court gets indicted. So of course Justice David Medina, of the Texas Supreme Court, is our Judge of the Day. Justice Medina and his wife were just indicted in connection with an alleged arson fire that destroyed their home last summer. (We previously discussed […] -
Fashion, Health Care / Medicine, Holly Hollenbeck, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns
Judge Hollenbeck Apologizes To Cancer Victim, Revokes 'No Hat' Rule
Here’s a quick update about yesterday’s Judge of the Day, the Honorable Holly Hollenbeck. From the Tri-City Herald: A Benton County judge has apologized for telling a woman with cancer to take a knitted cap off her bald head or leave his courtroom. “Words can’t express how sorry I am,” Judge Holly Hollenbeck told the […] -
Judge of the Day, Legal Ethics, Pictures, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns
Judge of the Day: Elliott Maynard
The men pictured above are not gay lov-ahs. But their relationship may be too close for comfort. On the left: Chief Justice Elliott E. Maynard, of West Virginia, and today’s Judge of the Day. On the right: Don L. Blankenship, chief executive of Massey Energy. The setting: exotic Monaco. From a piece by Adam Liptak […] -
Judge of the Day, Legal Ethics, Sex, Sex Scandals, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns
Judge of the Day: Colleen Hartl
Municipal court is not exactly the pinnacle of judicial office. But we think that Colleen Hartl, until recently a (rather attractive) municipal court judge in Washington state, is still a worthy Judge of the Day. From the AP: A Federal Way [that’s a WA city name] Municipal Court judge has resigned after hosting a holiday […] -
Judge of the Day, Kids, Pornography, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns
Ex-Judge of the Day: Roger Wall
Congratulations to former judge Roger Wall, who’s getting a belated holiday gift. From the Springfield News-Leader: After three indictments and nearly three years, a former Douglas County judge will not stand trial on child pornography charges, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. That’s because repeated delays on the part of the U.S. Attorney’s Office violated Roger […] -
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Judges of the Day: Aaron Bowden and Donald Moran
Today we bring you not one, but two Judges of the Day. We can’t decide who is more deserving of the honor. From the Florida Times-Union: Twelve days before Christmas, Circuit Judge Aaron Bowden fired his 17-year judicial assistant, who had been on leave since August with cancer. The Jacksonville judge said he feared her […] -
Judge of the Day, Perverts, Sex, Sex Scandals, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns, Torture, Weirdness
Judge of the Day: John Hagler
Last month, Judge John B. Hagler, a state court judge in Tennessee, stepped down from the bench. Here’s why, from the AP: A Tennessee judge resigned last month after making a recording of fantasies so lurid that when the tape fell into the hands of the police and FBI, they thought they were listening to […]