102. Bad Judges
Resources
We take aim at yet another profession that we hold in high regard- judges in a court of law. We cover the Rule of Law in the US and the different types of courts where judges could hold a position on a bench. We look at the research of the personality makeup of judges and then cover some judges behaving badly and other ways judges can lose their jobs.
“Anita Hill | Biography & Facts | Britannica.” Encyclopædia Britannica, 2022, www.britannica.com/biography/Anita-Hill. Accessed 5 July 2022.
“Anita Hill Started a Conversation about Sexual Harassment. She’s Not Done Yet.” NPR.org, 28 Sept. 2021, www.npr.org/2021/09/28/1040911313/anita-hill-belonging-sexual-harassment-conversation. Accessed 5 July 2022.AP News.
Barber, C. Ryan. “Impeaching Clarence Thomas: How Democrats Could Remove Conservative Justices.” Business Insider, 27 June 2022, www.businessinsider.com/impeach-supreme-court-justice-clarence-thomas-ginni-mark-meadows-2022-3. Accessed 3 July 2022.
BISBEE, JULIE E. “Judge Faces Charges for Masturbating during Trials.” Houston Chronicle, 9 Feb. 2005, www.chron.com/news/nation-world/article/Judge-faces-charges-for-masturbating-during-trials-1945301.php. Accessed 27 June 2022.
Caulfield, Philip. “Ex-Judge Donald Thompson, Busted for Using Penis Pump during Trials, Has Pension Cut Off.” New York Daily News, 26 Oct. 2011, www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ex-judge-donald-thompson-busted-penis-pump-trials-pension-cut-article-1.968325. Accessed 27 June 2022.
“Crown given More Time to Consider Retrial for Retired Quebec Judge Accused of Murdering Wife.” CBC, 7 Sept. 2021, www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/jacques-delisle-possible-new-murder-trial-1.6166684. Accessed 5 July 2022.
“Crown Appeals Stay of Proceedings in Case of Quebec Judge Accused of Killing Wife.” Montreal, CTV News, 28 Apr. 2022, montreal.ctvnews.ca/crown-appeals-stay-of-proceedings-in-case-of-quebec-judge-accused-of-killing-wife-1.5880421#:~:text=No%20new%20trial%20for%20former,of%20his%20wife%2C%20Nicole%20Rainville.&text=The%20Crown%20says%20it%20will,the%20killing%20of%20his%20wife.. Accessed 5 July 2022.
Cook, Beverly B. “The Personality and Procreative Behavior of Trial Judges: A Biocultural Perspective.” International Political Science Review / Revue Internationale de Science Politique, vol. 3, no. 1, 1982, pp. 51–70, www.jstor.org/stable/1601021. Accessed 3 July 2022.
“Ex-Judge Convicted of Killing Wife Freed in Quebec.” AP NEWS, 20 Apr. 2021, apnews.com/article/quebec-city-trials-shootings-canada-quebec-6e96dca65cff5eb3e23bb3fbf6b44342. Accessed 29 May 2022.
“Ex-Judge Convicted of Killing Wife Freed in Quebec.” AP NEWS, Associated Press, 20 Apr. 2021, apnews.com/article/quebec-city-trials-shootings-canada-quebec-6e96dca65cff5eb3e23bb3fbf6b44342. Accessed 5 July 2022.
“Former Quebec Judge Guilty of 1st-Degree Murder.” CBC, 15 June 2012, www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/former-quebec-judge-guilty-of-1st-degree-murder-1.1148032. Accessed 5 July 2022.
“Joe Biden Expresses Regret to Anita Hill, but She Says “I’m Sorry” Is Not Enough (Published 2019).” The New York Times, 2022, www.nytimes.com/2019/04/25/us/politics/joe-biden-anita-hill.html. Accessed 5 July 2022.
“Judicial Temperament, Explained.” Judicature | the Scholarly Journal about the Judiciary, 17 Sept. 2021, judicature.duke.edu/articles/judicial-temperament-explained/#:~:text=Judicial%20temperament%20thus%20should%20be,that%20affect%20how%20justice%20is. Accessed 5 July 2022.
Klein, David E, and Gregory Mitchell. The Psychology of Judicial Decision Making. 2022. Oxford ; New York, N.Y., Oxford University Press, 2010.
Letzring, Tera D. “The Good Judge of Personality: Characteristics, Behaviors, and Observer Accuracy.” Journal of Research in Personality, vol. 42, no. 4, Aug. 2008, pp. 914–932, www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0092656607001407, 10.1016/j.jrp.2007.12.003. Accessed 5 July 2022.
Maroney, Terry. “Judicial Temperament, Explained.” Judicature.duke.edu, 17 Sept. 2021, judicature.duke.edu/articles/judicial-temperament-explained/. Accessed 3 July 2022.
“Murder Case against Retired Judge Has Challenges.” CBC, 17 June 2010, www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/murder-case-against-retired-judge-has-challenges-1.965235. Accessed 5 July 2022.
“National Post.” Nationalpost, 2022, nationalpost.com/category/news/. Accessed 5 July 2022.
NBC Universal. “Ex-Judge’s Trial Brings Lurid Charges to Court.” NBC News, NBC News, 29 June 2006, www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna13599320. Accessed 27 June 2022.
“No 2nd Trial for Ex-Quebec Judge Once Convicted in Wife’s Death.” CBC, 8 Apr. 2022, www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/jacques-delisle-second-trial-ruling-1.6412644. Accessed 5 July 2022.
“No Sentence Reduction for Former Pennsylvania Judge Who Was Caging Kids for Kickback Cash | Prison Legal News.” Prisonlegalnews.org, 2022, www.prisonlegalnews.org/news/2021/mar/1/no-sentence-reduction-former-pennsylvania-judge-who-was-caging-kids-kickback-cash/#:~:text=In%202011%2C%20Ciavarella%20was%20sentenced,by%20the%20statute%20of%20limitations.. Accessed 5 July 2022.
P.J. D'Annunzio. “Court Upholds 28-Year Sentence for “Kids-For-Cash” Judge Ciavarella | the Legal Intelligencer.” The Legal Intelligencer, 27 Aug. 2020, www.law.com/thelegalintelligencer/2020/08/27/court-upholds-28-year-sentence-for-kids-for-cash-judge-ciavarella/?slreturn=20220604203107. Accessed 5 July 2022.
“Penis Pump Judge Faces Stiff Sentence.” Theregister.com, 2013, www.theregister.com/2006/06/29/pneumatic_judge/. Accessed 27 June 2022.
“Psychological Disability among Judges and Other Professionals Some Causes and Cures | Office of Justice Programs.” Ojp.gov, 2022, www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/psychological-disability-among-judges-and-other-professionals-some. Accessed 5 July 2022.
“South Korea Loud Rallies Outside Presidents’ Homes Angers Neighbors.” Tulsa World, 20 July 2011, tulsaworld.com/news/state-and-regional/ex-judge-who-used-penis-pump-during-trials-is-arrested-again/article_3d502e4e-1317-5078-9fe2-025c00031655.html. Accessed 27 June 2022.
“Suit Names 2 Judges Accused in a Kickback Case (Published 2009).” The New York Times, 2022, www.nytimes.com/2009/02/14/us/14judge.html?_r=1. Accessed 5 July 2022.
Thompson, Scott. “Job Description for a Magistrate.” Work - Chron.com, 29 June 2018, work.chron.com/job-description-magistrate-18517.html. Accessed 3 July 2022.
The Canadian Press. “No New Murder Trial for Former Quebec Judge Jacques Delisle, Court Rules.” Global News, Global News, 8 Apr. 2022, globalnews.ca/news/8746017/quebec-judge-delisle-murder-trial-thrown-out/. Accessed 5 July 2022.
“The Ciavarella Trial: Where Are They Now?” Yahoo.com, 2018, news.yahoo.com/ciavarella-trial-where-now-005100734.html#:~:text=Ciavarella%2C%2070%2C%20remains%20jailed%20at,refused%20to%20reduce%20his%20sentence.. Accessed 5 July 2022.
“The Judicial Branch.” Whitehouse.gov, Whitehouse, 2 Apr. 2015, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/1600/judicial-branch#:~:text=Federal%20judges%20can%20only%20be,or%20conviction%20by%20the%20Senate.. Accessed 5 July 2022.
“The Personality and Procreative Behavior of Trial Judges: A Biocultural Perspective on JSTOR.” Jstor.org, 2022, www.jstor.org/stable/1601021. Accessed 5 July 2022.
Thornton, Tony. “Judge Grew More Brazen, Prosecutor Says Use of Sex Toy Called More Frequent as Time Passed without Complaints.” The Oklahoman, Oklahoman, 21 Sept. 2005, www.oklahoman.com/story/news/2005/09/21/judge-grew-more-brazen-prosecutor-says-sex-toy-called-more-frequent-time-passed-without-complaints/61924231007/. Accessed 27 June 2022.
United States Courts. “What Is Judicial Independence | the Judicial Learning Center.” Judiciallearningcenter.org, 2014, judiciallearningcenter.org/judicial-independence/. Accessed 2 July 2022.
US Department of Justice. “Psychological Disability among Judges and Other Professionals Some Causes and Cures | Office of Justice Programs.” Www.ojp.gov, Nov. 1982, www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/psychological-disability-among-judges-and-other-professionals-some. Accessed 3 July 2022.“Impeachment and Removal of Judges: An Explainer.” Brennan Center for Justice, 24 June 2022, www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/impeachment-and-removal-judges-explainer. Accessed 5 July 2022.
“Website Subscriptions | Prison Legal News.” Prisonlegalnews.org, 2022, www.prisonlegalnews.org/subscribe/digital/. Accessed 5 July 2022.