The judge has a little bit (lot) of Socrates in him.
Along with Socrates as you said (about the judge), I would add King Solomon of the Old Testament Bible.
I had it on msnbc and headline news off and on. Don't get courttv and Fox wasn't wall to wall on it.
The commentators and pundits are absolutely SAVAGING this judge. Susan Filen and all of her guests are stroking out on how dare he "grandstand" to take on the paternity and custody issues and make this 5 mo. old baby the center of this.
I've truly never seen any of these people THIS angry. Filen is totally in the tank for HKS and isn't bothering to hide it. The others are joyfully bashing the flawed jurisprudence of the judge.
BUT I'm with you...I like this judge.