Posted on 12/09/2017 3:01:50 PM PST by Oshkalaboomboom
Six women who served as clerks or externs at the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals allege to The Washington Post that Judge Alex Kozinski subjected them to inappropriate sexual comments or conduct, including asking them to watch pornography in his chambers, the newspaper reported Friday.
Heidi Bond, who clerked for the Pasadena, California-based judge from 2006 to 2007, told the newspaper she recalled three instances in which he asked her to look at images of naked people.
She said one set of images was of college-age students where some were 'inexplicably naked while everyone else was clothed.' Another set was a type of digital flip book that allowed users to mix and match heads, torsos and legs to create an image of a naked woman.
Bond said the judge asked if she thought the pornography was photo-shopped or if it aroused her sexually.
'I was in a state of emotional shock, and what I really wanted to do was be as small as possible and make as few movements as possible and to say as little as possible to get out,' said Bond, now 41.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Fun fun, fun at the 9th circus.
He showed her pictures from Cosmopolitan magazine?
This is not harassment. What these women are doing is harassment.
‘Inexplicably naked’??? Really? I can think of many reasons...
WIKI——Judge Kozinski was born to a Jewish family[2] in Bucharest, Romania, in July 1950. In 1962, when he was 12, his parents, both Holocaust survivors, brought him to the United States. The family settled in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, where his father, Moses, ran a small grocery store. Kozinski, who had grown up as a committed communist in Bucharest, became what he described as “an instant capitalist” when he took his first trip outside of the Iron Curtain, to Vienna, where he partook of such luxuries as chewing gum and bananas.
Education and career
He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from University of California, Los Angeles in 1972. He received a Juris Doctor from UCLA School of Law in 1975. He was a law clerk for Judge Anthony Kennedy of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit from 1975 to 1976. He was a Law clerk for Chief Justice Warren Burger of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1976 to 1977. He was in private practice of law in Los Angeles, California from 1977 to 1979. He was in private practice of law in Washington, D.C. from 1979 to 1981. He was a deputy legal counsel of the Office of the President-Elect in Washington, D.C. from 1980 to 1981. He was an assistant counsel for the Office of Counsel to the President in Washington, D.C. in 1981. He was a special counsel for the Merit Systems Protection Board in Washington, D.C. from 1981 to 1982.[4]
Kozinski appeared on TV’s The Dating Game, where he gave a surprise kiss to the woman who selected him.
Office of Special Counsel incident[edit]
While in the Office of Special Counsel, despite staff recommendations against termination, Kozinski overruled his staff and then repeatedly tutored Interior Secretary James G. Watt’s legal staff in how to rewrite the proposed termination of a mining safety whistle blower, James Spadaro, so as to pass legal muster. When the incident came to light years later during confirmation hearings for Kozinski’s Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals nomination, the scandal drew 43 Senate opposition votes and reportedly subsequently prevented Kozinski’s planned upgrade to the Supreme Court.[6]
Kozinski is a good guy. Appointed in 1985 by RR elevated to chief judge 2005 by Bush 43. This may be political.
This may be a stupid question but...is he a RAT?
Now this is good.
This guy was appointed by RR, his replacement will be appointed by Trump. Bwahahahaha
Is this open season on males?
This is a hit job on the conservative on that awful court. This is another “MOORE ATTACK” It is a patterhn where they pay women to lie about crap years before with no evidence or forged evidence, It should be disregarded if it is over 1 year old and considered a lie. women who are offended need to speak up immediately or forget it.
“This may be political.”.....
EVERYTHING is “political” these days.
He’s one of the few conservative judges on the 9th. It may be a hit job.
The dude apparently used to run a porn site while he was on the bench. Not one of Reagan’s finer appointments.
Then judging by the current trend, I’d say it absolutely IS a “hit job”.
(all Republican are sex offenders)
Full title: Six women accuse prominent 9th Circuit judge of sexual misconduct including asking them to watch porn in his chambers
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Was this viewing part of a pornography case that was before the court?
Your hero, the porn purveyor.
http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-kozinski13-2008jun13-story.html
http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-kozinski12-2008jun12-story.html
Note that the date his website became public knowledge was shortly after he made the women view it. Looks like he was proud of his internet skills and trying to drive traffic to his site. Or else trying to recruit new ‘models’.
9th Circus ?
No Way !!
If a circuit Court judge is forced to resign, is a Justice far behind?
So what was the result of the investigation? Apparently not much if he’s still on the court. If you have to judge what ‘obscenity’ is, I guess you have to look at a lot of stuff.
Exactly what I thought. As much as I would like to see this Judge go, a man should not lose his job over what these particular women are describing.
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