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TUESDAY NOTES (GARDINER, GRADY, FEREN & DEPOTEK IS HERE)

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Buddy Nevins over at BrowardBeat.com hangs a major curve ball - click here to read his report on Judge Ana Gardiner's request to be removed as a 2009 Hispanic Woman Of Distinction.  According to the article, Ana is paying extra special attention to the Judicial Canons of Ethics these days, since "a sanctimonious, largely anonymous crowd of Internet bloggers continue to attack her."Buddy continues:"These bloggers close their eyes to the history of lawyers and judges socializing together.  I see judges eating lunch with lawyers who practice in their court almost every week, but there is no howling from the legal blogging community.  Could it be that Gardiner is a target because she is female and Hispanic?  Could it be that the same anti-Hispanic mind-set that drove the defeat of three Hispanic judges last year is part of what?s behind these attacks on Gardiner?Batter up!Socializing at lunch?  Are you serious, Buddy?  Is that really what the Judge was accused of doing, or is it time for you to re-read your good friend Bob Norman's Judging Ana expose?  Did you actually type that line with a straight face?  And are your political pals so persuasive that you'll even go along with the playing of the race card to rehabilitate her reputation?Also - why wasn't the New Times ever sued, Buddy?  Why wasn't a single retraction printed?  Are you saying the accusations are false?  And why did the Supreme Court award a very expensive new death penalty trial, with Mike Satz having to concede one of his precious high profile convictions?  Oh, and would you want to be tried, or want to have one of your children tried, before a judge who was partying with the prosecutor?I guess we shouldn't be too hard on Buddy...continue to full post

Full post as published by JAABlog on June 29, 2009 (boomark / email).