Perhaps it’s no surprise that newly-retired Judge Richard Posner—being Richard Posner—would not take the easy route.

The “judicial provocateur” abruptly quit the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in September, telling The Chicago Daily Law Bulletin “I was not getting along with the other judges because I was (and am) very concerned about how the court treats pro se litigants, who I believe deserve a better shake.”

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