In the Impartial Juror file, we find this story about Circuit Judge Robert H. Dierker Jr. and his new book, The Tyranny of Tolerance: A Sitting Judge Breaks the Code of Silence to Expose the Liberal Judicial Assault.
Dierker's book, which is set to be released next week, is causing quite a furor among his colleagues, who say he may have violated judicial ethics codes in publishing the book, and from targets of the book, namely liberals and feminists whom Dierker calls femifascists. I guess Rush Limbaugh has a copyright on feminazis or something.
I can understand the concern from anyone likely to end up in front of a judge who has written a book that is so pointedly opinionated. We have, however, heard for years about how, for instance, Ruth Bader Ginsberg's work for the ACLU wouldn't necessarily reflect on her impartiality on the bench. I suppose it would only be fair and just if a sitting judge were allowed to do the same.
Some choice quotes from the book:
— "Just as we saw with the femifascists, illiberal liberals don't want equality; they want to make some people more equal than others. And they've made it happen through their dominance of the courts over the past seventy-five years. Liberals have converted the courts from the 'least dangerous' branch of government envisioned by the Founding Fathers to the most dangerous." (from a chapter titled "Making some Americans more equal than others" about the 14th Amendment and equal protection under the law)
— "This is liberal law in a nutshell. History and tradition count for nothing; the language of the Constitution itself counts for little; the only criterion is whether a ruling will advance the liberal agenda." (from the chapter "Ozzie and Harriet are dead" about abortion and the attack on the traditional family)
— " ...The Constitution died on April 18, 1990, as a direct result of the liberal pursuit of racial 'equality.'" (from the chapter "Taxation for Tolerance" about school desegregation and desegregation rulings that allow judges to impose taxes)
It sounds similar to sentiments expressed by a variety of conservatives, both legal and nonlegal, for quite some time. I can't wait to see what the rest of the book is like.
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