Posted on 12/18/2017 9:52:51 AM PST by Enlightened1
A prominent U.S. appeals court judge announced his retirement Monday days after women alleged he subjected them to inappropriate sexual conduct or comments.
Judge Alex Kozinski of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said in a statement that a battle over the accusations would not be good for the judiciary. He said he'll step down, effective immediately.
The Washington Post reported last week that at least 15 women made allegations against Kozinski that go back decades. The allegations include inappropriate touching and lewd comments.
Kozinski said while speaking in a "candid way" with male and female law clerks, "I may not have been mindful enough of the special challenges and pressures that women face in the workplace," the statement said. "It grieves me to learn that I caused any of my clerks to feel uncomfortable; this was never my intent. For this I sincerely apologize."
Leah Litman, a law professor at the University of California, Irvine, told the Post that the judge talked about having just had sex and pinched her side and leg at a restaurant the night before they appeared together on a panel at her school in July.
Christine Miller, a retired U.S. Court of Federal Claims judge, said Kozinski grabbed her breasts during a car ride in 1986 after a legal community function in the Baltimore area. She said it came after she declined his offer to go to a motel and have sex.
A lawyer who was not identified said Kozinski approached her when she was alone at a legal event in Los Angeles in 2008 and kissed her on the lips and gave her a bear hug with no warning.
The newspaper said the woman's husband confirmed the incident and said the couple didn't think they could do anything because...
(Excerpt) Read more at yahoo.com ...
the woman’s husband confirmed the incident and said the couple didn’t think they could do anything because...
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He was a federal judge.
I wouldn’t have cared, I would have punched his lights out.
Another Trump slot opens up...
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Yup...She’s married to a vagina.
FWIW, he was put in place by Reagan. Also, in favor of the death penalty... as long as it’s by firing squad or guillotine.
Ah ain’ no wars NEAH tahhed o’ WINNIN’ !
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Sounds like the husband is a cuckold .
If Trump can put a judge on that court, it will help a lot of outcomes.
It’s beginning to look like the swamp is being targeted. I wonder how it all started?
I’d like to know how much damage this A-hole judge caused siting on the 9th?
Too bad we can’t undo all he was part of.
No mention in the San Fran AP article about which party he belongs to until the last paragraph says that the Democrats will still be in charge of the Ninth Circus after his departure. Whew…readers can be comforted knowing that a sexual predator’s vote won’t be missed.
It's a win... life is soooooo good under Trump.
That's right, and NO blue slips from the Rats Feinstein and Harris.
All judges who care about the Constitution must be destroyed by sexual innuendo, and the Democrats are willing to purge half their ranks to get it done.
Maybe we should roam around CA trailer parks with a $100 bill...
Make the left regret their whole “You always have to believe the women” schtick. Two can play at this game.
Here! Here!
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This news is fantastic, made even better
by its being the insane 9th Circuit.
Dilly dilly!
Couldn’t agree more...
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