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370. Good riddance, Chief Justice Taylor

By Joel Jacobsen

From a fatuous Slate article I learned that Michigan's Chief Justice Clifford Taylor was ousted by the voters. Taylor was a contemptibly bad judge, already featured twice in these hallowed pixels. (See post 216 and post 144.) Here's what the Trial Lawyers had to say about him. It includes an amusing/appalling story about thuggish backstage maneuvering, as described in more detail by fellow justice Elizabeth Weaver. Weaver has been highly critical of Taylor and he retaliated in public with sexist derision, characterizing her detailed complaints as "sort of strange rantings ... of an unhappy human being" and the venting of "a sad and angry woman." (You know how emotional women get.) In a draft opinion circulated among his fellow justices he suggested she launch a hunger strike "as it seemed to have the potential for everyone to be a winner...continue to full post

Full post as published by Judging Crimes on November 15, 2008 (boomark / email).