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Unhinged Federal Judge Thinks Criticizing Judge Shopping Causes Death Threats (abovethelaw.com)

submitted 2 days ago by fpslem to c/law

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The Federalist Society’s National Lawyers Convention got wild yesterday. As wild as a gathering of right-wing lawyers can get, anyway. Actually, I guess the wildest a gathering of right-wing lawyers can get was January 6, so this was just slightly less than the wildest a gathering of right-wing lawyers can get.

Fifth Circuit Judge Edith Jones took the opportunity of sitting next to Georgetown University Law Center Professor Steve Vladeck to go, I believe the technical term is “absolutely bonkers.” An eye-popping and eye-rolling meltdown from a federal judge.

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[–] fpslem 12 points 2 days ago

Stephen Vladeck's much longer first-hand account of Judge Jones' tirade and misguided attack on him is here:

https://www.stevevladeck.com/p/109-things-fall-apart

[–] WarlockLawyer 1 points 1 day ago

Fuck me. This is somehow the most depressing thing I've read all week. And the non reaction to it just bodes even worse.