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Jun. 1, 2026
Retroactive AI standards and a courtroom scapegoat
A former court commissioner was singled out for broader judicial and AI-related citation failures and retroactively applied standards that were not in effect at the time of her ruling.
The term "Whipping Boy" originated in former European royal courts. It refers to a young companion, who was physically punished in the prince's stead whenever the royal child misbehaved or failed his lessons. Sid Fleishman, "The Whipping Boy," (Greenwillow Books, 1986).
Daily Journal readers are familiar with the informative and
entertaining columns penned by Myron Moskovitz. This
writing presents a with-due-respect reaction to his "
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