So
much
of
the
coverage
on
Pauline
Newman’s
ordeal
with
her
court
focuses
on
distractions
from
the
heart
of
the
matter:
her
age,
her
constant
efforts
to
simply
do
her
job,
what
have
you.
We
should
really
be
focused
on
the
folks
who
keep
filibustering
and
not
good
enough-ing
her
attempts
to
do
her
job.
ABA
Journal
has
coverage:
Federal
law
does
not
permit
a
97-year-old
federal
appeals
judge
to
unseal
documents
about
her
suspension
absent
consent
of
the
chief
judge
of
her
circuit,
the
U.S.
Court
of
Appeals
for
the
District
of
Columbia
Circuit
ruled
Monday.
Who
is
the
Chief
judge
of
her
circuit?
Kimberly
A.
Moore
of
course
—
the
very
same
person
that
started
all
of
this!
If
only
at
some
point
very
early
on
in
this
now
year
spanning
debacle
someone
had
the
foresight
to
point
out
the
very
clear
due
process
problems
and
absurdities
that
would
arise
from
having
Moore
serve
as
judge,
jury
and
executioner.
Oh
wait,
everyone
did!
We
did,
David
Lat
did,
the
Federalist
Society
did,
but
you
know
the
earliest
predictor
of
all
this?
Franz
Kafka
of
all
people!
It
is
impossible
to
fully
explain
the
the
absurdities
of
the
bureaucratic
requirements
and
delay
this
award
winning
jurist
that’s
regularly
cited
by
the
Supreme
Court
has
gone
through
and
not
feel
the
pull
to
describe
the
situation
as
Kafkaesque,
but
the
term
has
become
watered
down
over
decades
of
misuse.
I
suggest
a
new
term
to
bring
back
the
full
force
of
someone
being
subject
to
baseless
formalities,
bureaucracy
and
delay
—
pulling
a
Kimberly.
As
an
example:
I
got
accused
of
having
a
heart
attack
so
I
went
to
a
doctor
to
prove
that
it
never
happened
and
that
I
was
still
physically
fit,
but
then
the
court
just
ignored
that
and
said
I
was
mentally
unfit.
After
I
went
to
a
world
leading
brain
assessor
or
two
and
tests
showed
that
my
mind
was
actually
in
abnormally
good
shape,
they
still
said
that
that
wasn’t
enough!
Then,
when
I
tried
to
get
the
files
opened
for
an
explanation
on
what
they
put
me
through,
they
said
I
had
to
get
permission
from
the
person
that
has
been
refusing
me
for
years
now.
I
keep
on
getting
Kimberly’d
and
all
people
do
is
question
my
persistence!
For
fear
that
I
too
will
be
accused
of
using
Kafkaesque
incorrectly,
you
can
judge
the
parallels
for
yourself
by
reading
Before
The
Law
here.
Don’t
worry,
it’s
much
shorter
than
The
Metamorphosis.
Swap
out
the
unnamed
man’s
name
for
Pauline
and
you’ll
be
pretty
caught
up
on
what
she’s
been
going
through
for
the
last
two
years.
Federal
Appeals
Judge,
97,
Loses
Bid
To
Unseal
Documents
About
Her
Suspension
[ABA
Journal]
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Judicial
Conduct
Committee
Passes
Ball
On
Glaring
Due
Process
Issue
In
Newman
Case
Chris
Williams
became
a
social
media
manager
and
assistant
editor
for
Above
the
Law
in
June
2021.
Prior
to
joining
the
staff,
he
moonlighted
as
a
minor
Memelord™
in
the
Facebook
group Law
School
Memes
for
Edgy
T14s.
He
endured
Missouri
long
enough
to
graduate
from
Washington
University
in
St.
Louis
School
of
Law.
He
is
a
former
boatbuilder
who
cannot
swim, a
published
author
on
critical
race
theory,
philosophy,
and
humor,
and
has
a
love
for
cycling
that
occasionally
annoys
his
peers.
You
can
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him
by
email
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