'Ranting, rambling, and paranoid': Federal appeals court suspends 96-year-old judge until she passes mental exam
lawandcrime.com
The judge said Chief Judge Markey gave her permission to disregard a court rule. That judge "has been dead for 17 years and has not been a member of the Court for 32 years," noted the council.

Judge Newman has threatened to have staff arrested, forcibly removed from the building, and fired. She accused staff of trickery, deceit, acting as her adversary, stealing her computer, stealing her files, and depriving her of secretarial support. Staff have described Judge Newman in their interactions with her as “aggressive, angry, combative, and intimidating”; “bizarre and unnecessarily hostile”; making “personal accusations”; “agitated, belligerent, and demonstratively angry”; and “ranting, rambling, and paranoid.” Indeed, interactions with Judge Newman have become so dysfunctional that the Clerk of the Court has advised staff to avoid interacting with her in person or, when they must, to bring a co-worker with them.

  • qyron
    1•1 year ago

    Why?

    In my very backwards and barbaric country every person, regardless of their profession, receives a state paid pension and we have a notion of social safety net. There are homeless here, like everywhere else in the world, but elderly citizens can retire knowing they will be taken care of.

    On the particular case of judges, and on this I have the luck to have been explained how things work, upon reaching 65, a judge is retired and recognized by their service, with a very generous pension, as the career is considered as being of high strain.

    No one should be forced nor allowed to work until their dying breath and this is a prime example for it.

      • qyron
        1•1 year ago

        The US are a shithole that stays afloat because the population is kept tame via populist discourse and seeded in-fighting.

        And after reading your comment, I find myself wondering how so many people, from my country included, go to the UK to work. Sounds a bit like US but a notch down.

        We all make our choices but you could have chosen other countries, with better social networks.

        I have been making contributions towards my national pension fund since I started working and enjoy a free access NHS. When I eventually reach the age of retirement, which now is around 67 years of age, I’ll be granted a pension based on my contributive career.

        I’ll still be able to keep working if I choose to but most people don’t and others are barred from it, like judges, surgeons, police officers and even politians, as they are seen unfit to hold crucial positions.

        And this applies to all emigrants that move here, with some added conditions, obviously, but still are eligible for these social benefits.

        And regardless all of this, you can and should save (products with special tax exemptions exist for that exact purpose) if you expect to maintain a specific standard of living.