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Judge Ross Should Have Been Punished For Abdicating Her Judicial Power To Her Law Clerks

https://reason.com/volokh/2026/06/01/judge-ross-should-have-been-punished-for-abdicating-her-judicial-power-to-her-law-clerks/

Boinking in-chambers ... undisclosed, with a police officer ... not doing work on civil cases ... . Her liaisons with the police officer alone should disqualify her from all Atlanta criminal cases!

Blockbuster NYT Reveal About Judge Ross Scandal

https://reason.com/volokh/2026/06/11/blockbuster-nyt-reveal-about-judge-ross-scandal/

For several weeks now, I have been surprised that the major newspapers have not covered the Judge Ross scandal. In particular, I was shocked to see nothing from the New York Times and the Washington Post. I even noted how Bloomberg Law was winning the coverage.

Well, it seems the Times was working on something big. Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs and Mattathias Schwartz published a story this morning about Judge Ross. And we learn a lot. They got three law clerks to speak, plus they got a copy of the "apology" letter.

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The New York Times confirmed it was Judge Ross through interviews with three of her former clerks and two people familiar with the matter, and obtained a signed apology letter that she wrote as part of a judicial reprimand.
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For years, Judge Eleanor Ross's secret was passed down from law clerk to law clerk.

They whispered about the sultry jazz music that emanated from her chambers when a uniformed police commander, a man they called her "visitor," disappeared into her private office. The clerks could sometimes hear the unmistakable sounds of sex from behind the door.

They chalked it up as one of the burdens of working for Judge Ross, who routinely rubber stamped their draft orders and added little else before issuing them as rulings. But the clerks in the Atlanta courthouse felt helpless: Do you report your married boss, a federal judge no less, for having a clandestine in-office affair with a law enforcement officer?

One day last year, a clerk did exactly that.

Second, Judge Fogel—unlike Judge Wood—stated the obvious. The punishment handed down was woefully inadequate.

Obama appointee, black, female - wrist-slapped.

Some legal finagling went into getting those 34 felony convictions. Once you get into the details of what the 34 felonies were (they all were part of one scheme), suddenly 34 felonies doesn't sound so impressive anymore.

I'll go to my grave saying that, even in mentally challenged blue NY, if the jury didn't know that the defendant was OrangeManBad they would have come back with a not guilty verdict.

Shooting some more fish in a 5-gallon bucket ...

Grim Chieftain (2,204 posts)

I can't believe what I just heard on MS NOW

They showed a clip of Trump vilifying Platner, saying he's the most corrupt person ever to run for office. 1. My head absolutely exploded. This orange idiot who has been convicted of thirty-four felonies 2. and sexual assault 3. and is in the Epstein files 4. said Platner is the most corrupt person ever to run for office.

1. OMG! MesS NOW did not lie about something Trump said? Is that allowed? With allowance for hyperbole, what Trump said is true.

2. Those "34 felonies" were based on a single action by Trump's lawyer, used Federal laws to evade the statute of limitations expiration of a State of New York law, overseen by a judge who had violated NY judicial ethics by donating (a nominal amount) to a political group, an anti-Trump political group, who made prejudicial rulings. Trump's trumped up conviction was appealed, and the State of New York appeals court has SAT on the appeal (probably won't act on it until February 2029 at the earliest).

3. In the real world, Trump was not tried criminally for sexual assault. So the word "convicted" is stupidly false. What did happen is the female sued in civil court, where the burden of proof is 50% + .0000001% (minor hyperbole) more likely than not. Further, the judge, who had wrongly excluded evidence that the accuser had committed perjury, expressed his personal opinion, not part of the judgment, that despite the female not even "remembering" the year (precluding a "I was not in NYC" defense by Trump), Trump had sexually assaulted her.

4. Tens of thousands of people are named in the "Epstein Files". Some for direct business purposes, some for maintenance at his homes, some regarding social events, some expressing opinions of individuals to third parties ... . So of the claimed # thousand "mentions, how many were:

* Solicitations for Trump to participate in some financial transaction or investment;

* Schmoozing Trump for financial advice on some financial action;

* Invitations to public charity or social events;

* Pictures of/with Trump at some public charity or social event;

* Notes or emails to Trump, "Good to see you at ______'s party;"

* Notes or emails to business or social prospects name-dropping Trump, "I spoke to Donald, and Trump said ...;"

* Notes or emails to various people expressing his opinion of Trump or, after being kicked out of MaL in 2004 and his criminal conviction (2010?), how much he HATED Trump?

As Congress moron-Critter Ro Khanna accidentally and very unintentionally proved, many persons who barely knew - or didn't at all - Epstein and did not partake of Epstein's perversions are mentioned in the "Epstein Files". Tjat Trump was mentioned very often just means Epstein schmoozed Trump in business and socially, and when cut off was vociferous in his Trump-Hatred.

This orange idiot who has been convicted of thirty-four felonies...

Some legal finagling went into getting those 34 felony convictions. Once you get into the details of what the 34 felonies were (they all were part of one scheme), suddenly 34 felonies doesn't sound so impressive anymore.

Grim Chieftain (2,204 posts)

I can't believe what I just heard on MS NOW

They showed a clip of Trump vilifying Platner, saying he's the most corrupt person ever to run for office. My head absolutely exploded. This orange idiot who has been convicted of thirty-four felonies and sexual assault and is in the Epstein files said Platner is the most corrupt person ever to run for office.

My god, words fail me.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100221296491

More mental gymnastics