https://freerepublic.com/tag/benchmisconduct/ en-us Wed, 1 May 2002 16:29:38 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/676078/posts Call it "gavelitis." Something comes over a tiny percentage of those who sit in judgment of the rest of us, and weird things start happening -- things involving firecrackers, wild turkeys and lingerie catalogs. Some judges suddenly think they have a license to do anything, including one judge in Arkansas who decided he had a license to issue licenses. Welcome to the fifth annual survey of, for lack of a better term, the stench from the bench. Here are 10 judges and ex-judges who won't be presiding this May 1, Law Day, and whose absence is cause for celebration.... The National Law Journal https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/676078/posts#comment Wed, 1 May 2002 16:29:38 GMT