Earlier this year, Circuit Judge Linda Schoonover was removed from a case after sending one of her litigants a friend request on Facebook and then allegedly retaliating against the litigant when her request was denied. Well apparently Schoonover has quite the record of "ethical wrongdoing"—like more than a dozen and… » 9/02/14 10:50am 9/02/14 10:50am

The internet is rife with opportunities to take your dick out and swing it around on forums where users don't have to post under their real names. Unfortunately, if you're a public official taking advantage of the internet's illusion of anonymity to commit some major ethical faux pas, it doesn't take many carelessly… » 3/07/14 5:45pm 3/07/14 5:45pm

An appellate court has removed a judge from a case after it was revealed she sent a Facebook friend request to a woman appearing in her court for a divorce proceeding. » 1/29/14 11:39pm 1/29/14 11:39pm

Well, here's some shit awful bullshit crap news for your Saturday. A Texan judge sent a girl to live with her grandmother and her grandmother's boyfriend, a registered sex offender, who then raped the girl and murdered the grandmother. » 10/12/13 3:30pm 10/12/13 3:30pm

In yet another case of religion meets stupidity meets power, Tennessee Child Support Magistrate Lu Ann Ballew changed a 7-month-old boy's name to Martin from Messiah, saying the religious name was earned by one person and "that one person is Jesus Christ." » 8/12/13 10:00am 8/12/13 10:00am

Superior Court of Orange County Judge Derek G. Johnson said some pretty unbelievable garbage about rape during a sentencing hearing in 2008. Honestly, it's so awful I'm surprised he wasn't tapped to be a 2012 Republican Senate candidate. I KNOW, I told you it was bad. » 12/14/12 10:25am 12/14/12 10:25am

If you were too busy anxiously awaiting yesterday's health care decision, you may have missed the Supreme Court's ruling on United States v. Alvarez, a case concerning the constitutionality of the Stolen Valor Act, which charged people who lied about winning military awards like the Congressional Medal of Honor. The… » 6/29/12 7:40pm 6/29/12 7:40pm

Somebody at the Snaresbrook crown court must be a shitty tipper, because the food in the cafeteria has allegedly been contaminated with urine. Traces of it were apparently found in soup, salad, and even sandwiches, which customers had complained "smelled a bit off." Since only legal officers eat in the cafeteria, the… » 1/20/12 12:25pm 1/20/12 12:25pm

Man Booker Prize judge Carmen Callil has resigned in protest after the other two judges decided to give the prize to Philip Roth. She says of Roth, "he goes on and on and on about the same subject in almost every single book. It's as though he's sitting on your face and you can't breathe." » 5/18/11 3:52pm 5/18/11 3:52pm

• Because I can't resist a shout-out to the Bostonians among you, Big Papi (aka, David Ortiz, aka Red Sox number 34) became an American citizen today. [Boston Globe]
• In the citizenship travails of the less famous, Bullard High School valedictorian (and illegal immigrant) Arthur Mkoyan's deportation to Armenia has been …
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