SOMETHING SMELLS

 Judge Michael Ponsor is a US District Court Judge in Massachusetts. He is now on senior status. 

Here is his Op Ed in the NY Times on the odor emanating from the penumbra of the US Supreme Court. 

It's not a pleasant smell. His recounting of a few incidents in his career reminded us that we were recently thinking about what certain Judges in the SDFL would do if offered free luxury vacations and other swag that the current batch of Supreme Court Justices are scooping up the way Ozzie did a hot grounder to short. 

We think our bench would do the right thing.   No Hedge funded vacays to Bali for our judges. In the (very rare)  times we have socialized with the members of the federal bench it was never an issue, everyone paid their own way. 

But as Judge Ponsor, who knows a thing or two about turning a good phrase, "The road to perdition is paved with a free cup of coffee." 

For those Maga-DeSantis thirty something judges who populate our courthouse and think judicial genius starts with denying as many motions to suppress as possible, this essay is worth a read on what it really means to be a Judge. 

NY Times Op Ed: Does The Supreme Court Realize How Bad It Smells?