"He's apparently pretty famous for temper tantrums and ruling against the government and in favor of plantiffs..."
And there is little one can do to remove these types from the system.
Lamberth was the ONLY judge in Washington, DC, who would give Larry Klayman the time of day. He ruled in favor of Judicial Watch several times, and allowed Klayman to ask for volumes of paper from the Clinton administration and the Congress.
That makes Lamberth a nutcase, in my book.