Posted on 12/08/2017 4:12:18 PM PST by TigerClaws
A former clerk for Judge Alex Kozinski said the powerful and well-known jurist, who for many years served as chief judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, called her into his office several times and pulled up pornography on his computer, asking if she thought it was photoshopped or if it aroused her sexually.
Heidi Bond, who clerked for Kozinski from 2006 to 2007, said the porn was not related to any case. One set of images she remembered was of college-age students at a party where “some people were inexplicably naked while everyone else was clothed.” Another was a sort of digital flip book that allowed users to mix and match heads, torsos and legs to create an image of a naked woman.
Bond is one of six women — all former clerks or more junior staffers known as externs in the 9th Circuit — who alleged to The Washington Post in recent weeks that Kozinski, now 67 and still serving as a judge on the court, subjected them to a range of inappropriate sexual conduct or comments. She is one of two former clerks who said Kozinski asked them to view porn in his chambers.
In a statement, Kozinski said: “I have been a judge for 35 years and during that time have had over 500 employees in my chambers. I treat all of my employees as family and work very closely with most of them. I would never intentionally do anything to offend anyone and it is regrettable that a handful have been offended by something I may have said or done
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Guilty. He sounds like a real jerk.
Reagan appointee. He should do the right thing and step down so that President Trump can replace him with a 35 year old Scalia clone.
Good. As soon as he resigns President Trump can nominate and Congress can walk through a respectable, young, conservative replacement in the mold of Gorsach.
A Reagan appointee in the 9th Circuit? Gotta wonder if he has judged as a conservative...
I this not the tall, dark haired Judge who used to comment on Fox News?
I am likely mistaken, but...
Exactly.
Get someone in there to break up the cabal.
Figured it out by looking at Wikipedia:
“Appointed by Ronald Reagan”
He made the interesting argument that firing squad was preferable to lethal injection ;-)
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That is not misconduct for a leftie!
Its evidence of job qualifications.
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Reorganize the ninth circuit. Into two courts. Divide up the liberal cartel May need to also divide other courts and make two more mixing up the conservatives among them all.
Or maybe not. He apparently used to run a porn site that he either shut down or blocked public access to about 10 years ago. So he’s apparently a long time perv.
We have seen how congress handles these allegations.
We will see how the Judiciary handles allegations.
I believe that this is her, apparently she writes Romance novels now?
https://quadrangle.law.umich.edu/spring2015/class-notes/romancing-the-known/
Maybe this will be the start of outing lots of judges as well.
Smartest judge on that circuit. I’ve quoted him in law school writings.
That’s what used to be called a non denial denial.
Kozinski is pretty libertarian.
He got irate when he found out that the Admin Office of the US Courts was monitoring internet access by Judges without informing them.
So trump might get a chance to appoint a replacement in the 9th?
Awesome break.
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