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“Unusual”
is
a
concerning
adjective
to
read
in
the
results
of
most
medical
assessments,
especially
ones
evaluating
mental
fortitude.
That
is
until
you
remember
that
this
is
Pauline
Newman
we
are
dealing
with.
Despite
the
series
of
initial
cooperation,
long
format
interviews,
and
the
damned
Supreme
Court
affirming
yet
another
of
her
dissents,
the
U.S.
Court
of
Appeals
for
the
Federal
Circuit
has
been
successful
in
strong-arming
her
out
of
her
constitutionally
protected
position
as
a
judge.
The
court
issued
a
year-long
suspension
and
threatened
to
renew
it
so
long
as
Newman
refuses
to
undergo
a
mental
assessment.
She
finally
did
—
and
the
results
show
that
she
is
“[an]
unusually
cognitively
intact
9[7]-year-old
woman.”
NCLA
has
more
information
on
the
results:
Dr.
Aaron
G.
Filler,
MD,
PhD,
JD
confirms
Judge
Newman
is
fully
fit
to
perform
the
duties
of
the
office
to
which
she
has
been
confirmed
by
the
Senate
and
appointed
by
the
President.…
After
reviewing
Judge
Newman’s
entire
medical
file
dating
back
to
2021,
including
all
information
compiled
by
the
Special
Committee,
Dr.
Filler
concluded:
“There
is
no
evidence
of
any
mild
cognitive
impairment,
dementia
or
other
mental
deterioration.
Instead,
Judge
Newman’s
rapid
efficient
responses
to
the
difficult
questions
posed
demonstrate
an
extraordinarily
high
level
of
cognitive
ability.”
Further,
“there
is
no
medical,
neurological,
or
cognitive
basis
for
requiring
additional
testing;
or,
for
doubt
about
Judge
Newman’s
ability
‘to
discharge
the
duties
of
her
office.’”
There
is
a
growing
tendency
for
judges
to
think
that
they
are
better
poised
to
make
health
evaluations
than
the
specialists
who
actually
managed
to
pass
Orgo
(looking
at
you
in
particular,
Gorsuch).
How
will
the
court
respond
to
this
egg
on
their
face?
Will
they
try
to
discredit
the
doctor’s
credentials?
Kind
of
hard
to
knock
a
world-renowned
neurosurgeon’s
findings.
Will
they
allow
Newman
to
resume
her
spot
on
the
bench
after
jumping
through
their
hoops
with
flying
colors?
Or
will
they
treat
this
like
last
time
and
misread
the
doctor’s
findings
and
ignore
when
they
clap
back?
Pauline
Newman
has
a
long
history
of
dissenting
from
her
colleagues’
legal
conclusions.
She
is
in
good
company
—
all
of
the
doctors
who
have
sat
with
the
facts
of
the
case
dissent
from
the
court’s
assessment
too.
“Judge
Newman
Fit
to
Judge,”
Reports
Harvard-Trained
Neurosurgeon
Expert
[NCLA]
Earlier:
Pauline
Newman
Speaks:
ATL
Interviews
The
Judge
Who’s
Fighting
To
Do
Her
Job
Despite
Her
Cooperation,
Panel
Decides
To
Suspend
Pauline
Newman
For
A
Year
Pauline
Newman’s
Doctor
Has
Some
Choice
Words
For
The
Judicial
Panel
That
Ruled
Against
Her
A
Lifetime-Appointed
Judge
Was
Accused
Of
Not
Being
Able
To
Do
Her
Job.
She
Brought
Receipts.
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
reach
him
by
email
at [email protected] and
by
tweet
at @WritesForRent.