Judicial Temperment

The Michigan Judicial Tenure Commission recommended a censure of a judge who raised a bond previously set in a case after it had been brought to her attention that the defendant’s son had called her an “asshole” out of her presence but within earshot of a police officer. The judge also had set bonds in two other cases for punitive purposes and allowed another proceeding to be conducted in an “undignified” manner.

The commission filed charges in an unrelated matter alleging that another judge violated judicial canons in that the judge displayed “unnecessarily harsh demeanor, interrupted witnesses excessively, made inappropriate sarcastic remarks and unjustified threats of contempt.”  (Mike Frisch)