RANT REDUX. C: So, What are the Things That Matter?
I loved the discussion in my last post concerning the judge and his former clerk . Thank you all for stimulating my brain, and making me examine issues. While we had lively comments on both sides of whether this judge can (and should be allowed to) separate his personal failings from his performance on the bench, this readership went pretty solidly in the “no” category. Here are the results: IS HE FIT FOR THE BENCH? Yes. 2% No. 89% Other 5% WOULD YOU WORRY THAT THESE PERSONAL FAILINGS WOULD INFLUENCE HIS DECISIONS IN DIVORCE CASES? No. 6% Yes 83% Other 9% Some of you feel that this love/sex thing is a “gray area” in the realm of professional misconduct and ethics. Others see it as black-and-white. Now, of course, you must know that this only spurred my overac tive mind to more thinking (my favorite past time which probably explains my tendency toward the porcine). And these are the ...