Comments on: Appellate Judge facing discipline for concurring opinion http://apublicdefender.com/2008/04/07/appellate-judge-facing-discipline/ Sat, 22 Nov 2008 04:55:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Internet Advertising http://apublicdefender.com/2008/04/07/appellate-judge-facing-discipline/#comment-23619 Internet Advertising Tue, 08 Apr 2008 19:13:05 +0000 http://apublicdefender.com/?p=1125#comment-23619 great post, I do agree with Bashman. great post, I do agree with Bashman.

]]> By: jigmeister http://apublicdefender.com/2008/04/07/appellate-judge-facing-discipline/#comment-23614 jigmeister Tue, 08 Apr 2008 19:00:27 +0000 http://apublicdefender.com/?p=1125#comment-23614 Is there a legal defination of "Extreme Anomosity"? Sounds like black robe disease gone rampant. Is there a legal defination of “Extreme Anomosity”?
Sounds like black robe disease gone rampant.

]]> By: Appellate Law http://apublicdefender.com/2008/04/07/appellate-judge-facing-discipline/#comment-23059 Appellate Law Tue, 08 Apr 2008 09:47:49 +0000 http://apublicdefender.com/?p=1125#comment-23059 <strong>Florida Hijinx Continue – with appellate courts and Quo Warranto Petitions...</strong> This time, an appellate judge is facing discipline for writing a concurring opinion because he criticized a “fellow” judge in a concurring opinion, stating that the judge should have recused himself. I think most people agree that this is absurd.... Florida Hijinx Continue – with appellate courts and Quo Warranto Petitions…

This time, an appellate judge is facing discipline for writing a concurring opinion because he criticized a “fellow” judge in a concurring opinion, stating that the judge should have recused himself. I think most people agree that this is absurd….

]]> By: SPO http://apublicdefender.com/2008/04/07/appellate-judge-facing-discipline/#comment-22773 SPO Tue, 08 Apr 2008 01:08:38 +0000 http://apublicdefender.com/?p=1125#comment-22773 Bashman is right, this is BS. The idea that referring to matters outside the record is wrong is preposterous--first, appellate judges do that all the time (e.g., taking judicial notice of legislative facts) and second, the recusal has a reasonable person standard. But Florida seems to have issues with the criticism of judges. They discipline lawyers about it, which is wrong. If a lawyer wants to say a judge is terrible, the lawyer should be able to. Judges are government officials, and they should be subjected to withering criticism if people want. Bashman is right, this is BS. The idea that referring to matters outside the record is wrong is preposterous–first, appellate judges do that all the time (e.g., taking judicial notice of legislative facts) and second, the recusal has a reasonable person standard. But Florida seems to have issues with the criticism of judges. They discipline lawyers about it, which is wrong. If a lawyer wants to say a judge is terrible, the lawyer should be able to. Judges are government officials, and they should be subjected to withering criticism if people want.

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