Despite the ironclad rule that no judge should ever try to influence politics, this doesn't bother The Chief Justice of the Superior Court, Suzanne DelVecchio. This judge thinks she is allowed to satisfy any whim she has at any particular moment. What a disaster she is for those women who are trying to be perceived as serious, intelligent people now that they have been given positions of power. No judge should ever attend any partisan organization. And here we are in Massachusetts.
Nothing is easy.
It's revealed in this issue by Nat Hentoff that the ACLU refused to help the parents who taped the Fistgate scandal when they were sued by the homosexual activists and Judge van Gestel issued a gag order. While the ACLU can mount a intellectual argument for their decision to fight the Curleys, it certainly does show where their priorities are and what they think is important. Needless to say, there was nothing in her story about the U.S. Supreme Court holding that the law was unconstitutional in that it was a severe case of the federal government meddling in the affairs of local governments. There is good news from the Massachusetts Bar Association - we hope. It is going to rate the judges in the state.