N.Y. judge who called man a 'pig' to step down

C News ^ | 10-1-2007 | Samuel Maull

[Cagey]

In a recent interview, Clarence Thomas revealed he was asked by President Bush right before he was nominated if he would “Call them as he see’s them”.

It sounds like this judge has called a few as she “see’s them”. I like that in a judge.

She's been involved in over 40,000 cases and these are the ugliest examples of misbehavior on the bench? I think you have a weak case for her "firing'.

[PAR35]

I can’t understand why the liberals are objecting to finding the woman in contempt for calling the judge a vulgar name. That’s generally a common practice.

As to calling the guy a pig, there aren’t enough facts given to determine if that was a proper conclusion. The ‘dysfunctional’ comment seems justified. the comment to the Jamacian doesn’t seem out of line, either.

[fish hawk]

“this guy” is a woman. Did you read the article?

[fish hawk]

Hey, I like this judge.

[montag813]

I love this Judge! Can’t wait to see her on TV. She makes Judge Judy look like Mr. Rogers.

[montag813]

-Calling a litigant "dysfunctional," telling him, "You don't have a home or a job. You don't have an education."

So what?

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

I don’t even blame her for telling the person to return without the hair ornaments. The dignity of the court is a two way street. Why can’t people see that?

[rednesss]

"She's been involved in over 40,000 cases..."

I find this number to be hard to swallow. So she hasn't yet finished off her 10 year appointment, so lets say that she was done with her 10 years, if she had 1 case a day, 250 days a year (can't count weekends or holidays), for 10 years, that is only 2,500 cases. So she'd have to either handle 16 cases a day (1 every 1/2 hour), every day, for ten years without a day off, or have to be 160 years old. I just don't buy it, remember that something like 76% of all numbers are made up off the top of someone's head.

[Cagey]

remember that something like 76% of all numbers are made up off the top of someone's head.

LOL!!!

[Mila]

Nothing that she said, at least as cited here, seems out of line or inappropriate.

[Calpernia]

Is this a ManBearPig moment?

:)

[Calpernia]

Me too. Bump

[HamiltonJay]

And how exactly did she not act like one?

A defendent swore at her, and she held them in contempt. Because she called someone a pig? Please.... If that what you think is a judge acting out of line, I question how much time you’ve spent around judges.

I’ve seen judges go on diatribes about the unfairness of mandatory sentences, even cried as they were forced to hand down sentences required by law because they were activist nutjobs.... If these few incidents cited in this article are all the complaints they are against her, then this is sad commentary indeed.

You are not guaranteed to NOT be offended when you stand before a judge to face your sentence.

[Cagey]

LOL! I have to start watching South Park.

[HamiltonJay]

non-biased? When rendering a judgement? Do you see the complete ignorance of what you are saying???

A judges job is to JUDGE... DISCRIMINATE... or in other words, come to conclusions based on evidence. A judge definately should be biased by the end of a trial when rendering their verdict.

They should not be when a trial starts, but by the time its over they absolutely should be biased one way or another based on the case before them, otherwise they are incompetent boobs. You can’t render a decision where one side is the victor if you have no bias at the end!

A judge damned sure better have a bias by the end of a case, or they can’t do their job.

If you have evidence of this judge acting biased during the trials in question fine, but if you can’t stand that someone got offended and smacked down by a judge at the verdict/ruling stage, then you need help.