Judges and Judiciary
Dec. 9, 2024
Confessions of a devious 12-year-old
Judges, like other public figures, often share personal anecdotes to humanize their roles, but this reflection humorously recounts a 12-year-old's feminist roots, a childhood stint as a radio "judge," and a tongue-in-cheek confession of fabricating sexist remarks for a national audience.
It's everywhere. Read a profile, listen to a speech, mull over an interview. It is de rigueur for judges, like other public figures, to reveal details of their personal lives. Fine. But does this have to include our flaws, blunders and mishaps? I gather the purpose of this annoying trend is to shatter vestiges of the judicial mystique and to reveal that we too are imperfect. I think the unfortunate litigants and attorneys who appear before us knew this all along. To keep in s...
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