Posted on 05/09/2008 11:34:59 AM PDT by SmithL
LAS VEGAS, (AP) -- Elizabeth Halverson is a judge. But the way courthouse staffers see it, she expects to be treated like a queen.
Her former bailiff, for example, says Halverson made him feel like a "houseboy." He says the judge — who is obese and uses a motorized scooter to get around — made him put her shoes on her feet, massage her back, cover her with a blanket for naps and make sure her oxygen tank was filled. He says she asked him, "Do you want to worship me from near or afar?"
Halverson also surrounded herself with her own hired guards, saying she did not trust the courthouse security force to protect her. Another time, she allegedly had her husband sworn in so that she could ask him under oath if he had completed chores at home.
Since then, the 50-year-old Nevada district judge has been locked out of her Las Vegas courtroom, suspended from the bench and brought up on judicial-misconduct charges that include not only misusing her position and treating her staff like personal valets, but also tainting juries and falling asleep on the bench.
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That's one helluva bench, I'll tell ya.
LOL. What a piece of work! Glad she's off the bench.
Ok, regardless of the good or bad, or right or wrong, I got a good giggle reading this excerpt. What a priss! :D Note to the honorable judge: there are no queens in the USA. Try Britain.
Do we know who appointd her? Or are District Judges elected?
Guilty!
I love this state.
She should look into a career as a Wal-Mart greeter, since she probably won't be a judge much longer.
This reads like a portent of the Clinton II presidency.
Elected. Just answered my own question.
Reading the article helps. ;-)
Philosopher kings.
Where’s the judge? Is she behind that bus?
Sorry, this may be a little un-PC but here it goes. How can a person disabled enough to require a scooter and oxygen expected to have a mind that is oxygen fed enough that they have enough gray matter to make intelligent decisions that affect a person’s liberty? The folks I have been around that require oxygen, while very social, are concentrating on breathing so much they cannot process complex items.
One of my peeves is judges appointed for life with no way to relieve them when their health fails ( at least not while a Republican is in office ).
They are elected directly by vote of the public.
"Judicial removal should generally be reserved for corruption and complete incompetence or inability to do the job," Stempel said. "One question you have to ask is, `Is this judge so bad we have to remove her before the voters have a chance to do so?'""
In a word - YES!
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