Come
on
now.
For
a
while
now,
people
have
been
wondering
what
it
will
look
like
as
Millenials
and
Gen
Zers
represent
themselves
and
others
in
court.
Why
quote
Judge
Learned
Hand
when
brainrot
would
suffice?
But
these
aren’t
the
only
generations
trying
to
get
in
on
the
fun.
Judge
Gary
N.
Wilcox,
58,
was
ultimately
suspended
over
a
couple
of
TikTok
videos
that
were
unbecoming
of
a
judge.
ABA
Journal
has
coverage:
[Judge]
Wilcox
has
consented
to
discipline
and
stipulated
that
he
violated
ethics
rules
requiring
judges
to
observe
high
standards
of
integrity,
to
avoid
the
appearance
of
impropriety,
and
to
conduct
extrajudicial
activities
in
a
way
that
does
not
demean
the
judicial
office.
The
“demeaning
the
judicial
office”
in
question
involves
lip
syncing
to
some
of
Busta
Rhymes
and
Rihanna’s
innuendos,
wearing
a
Beavis
and
Butthead
tee
under
his
robes,
and
singing
from
his
bed.
Very
goofy,
yes,
but
far
less
demeaning
to
the
public’s
perception
of
improprietous
judicial
activities
than
something
that
actually
questions
the
judge’s
neutrality
when
performing
their
job
roles
like
flying
the
“We
Love
Coups
Actually”
flag
or
failing
to
honestly
fill
out
basic
disclosure
forms
for
decades.
It
should
be
less
demeaning,
at
least.
If
you
are
representing
a
client
and
the
best
defense
you’ve
been
able
to
craft
so
far
is
a
hail
Mary
“my
client
was
being
a
silly
guy,”
you’d
best
see
if
you
can
delay
the
court
date
for
three
months.
A
word
to
the
wise
Judge,
leave
the
lip
syncing
and
thirst
trapping
to
Loloverruled.
Judge,
AKA
‘Sal
Tortorella’
On
TikTok,
Gets
Unpaid
Suspension
For
Lip-Syncing
Videos
[ABA
Journal]
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.