Courtroom to Celebrate Girls and Women, If a Girl-Child Does Arrive

A lawyer recently asked Judge Kimba Wood for a day off from trial if his grandkid-to-be is male and there’s a bris. Wood said sure. And if it’s a girl? Wood’s gonna host a celebration of girls and women. Wooo!

The Atlantic has posted some of the back-and-forth paperwork between the lawyer and Wood, who expresses her intention to “balance the scales.” Judge 1, sexist religious ideas 0.