Men who are not given any voice in this because of the secret nature of the courts, what they're left with is dressing up ridiculously, but at least using humour to try and draw attention to their kids.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I think when judges are in the position of authority, they really get bent out of shape when someone tells them they acted inappropriately.
A lot of guys are able to separate how they act off the court versus how they act on the court.
For years, there was no man in the house when my husband was off on law cases in the Far East. Without writing, I would have been bored and unfaithful, maybe both, and the children would have been hideously over-protected.
I think people just find it remarkable that a high court justice would step out from behind the bench and have a persona that's not the traditional, stodgy, fuddy-duddy persona, but actually comes across as authentic and engaging.
A court is like a scene, people want to see attractive people.
Unfortunately, what many people forget is that judges are just lawyers in robes.
Courts are supposed to be places of reason. But this, of course, is a fantasy. I mean, there is reason being used as a technique. But courts, in fact, are baths of emotions.
In terms of having the American people look at the court and think of it as being fair and appropriate for our nation, it helps to have women, plural, on the court.
The judge is not the knight-errant, roaming at will in pursuit of his own ideal of beauty or of goodness.
What harsh judges fathers are to all young men!