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  • Injudicious Conduct: An annual look at misdeeds from the bench

    05/01/2002 9:29:38 AM PDT · by the · 9 replies · 160+ views
    The National Law Journal ^ | April 23, 2002 | Gail Diane Cox
    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....