Did you hear the one about the Florida judge who “called out” a public defender and punched him in the courthouse hallway? No joke. According to the recent story in the ABA Journal, the judge agreed to obtain treatment and take anger management classes. Less outrageous perhaps but similarly aberrational are the stories about judges who won’t make decisions after a hearing or trial.
Stories like these are “newsworthy” because they are outrageous. Likewise, they are outrageous because they are so completely out of line with our basic assumptions and beliefs.
