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I'M AS JOBER AS A SUDGE?
A judge in Louisiana was kicked off the bench for repeatedly showing up hammered to court (full article here).
Repeatedly showing up drunk? showing up to court sloshed out of your skull ONCE isn't enough to get you removed from the bench? You have to do it more than once?!?!
"Doggett claimed that since he was re-elected after his alcoholism was made public, his constituents were aware of his problem and did not care.
But the high court said a judge can be disciplined for violating the code of office, "even if his constituency condones such behavior."
The courtroom can be kind of a boring place. I would bet that having a few (dozen) drinks would bring the excitement level up a bit. Of course the voters in this district didn't mind that their judge was drunk on the job, going to court must have been a party.
"District Judge Monty L. Doggett issued arrest warrants when he was too drunk to read them, was sometimes so intoxicated that court had to be canceled and once had to be carried out of his courtroom by deputies, the Louisiana Supreme Court said in its unanimous ruling Tuesday."
I don't even have to write a joke, this is funny enough on it's own.