I'd like to retract my initial post about the Kozinski affair. It looks like the lawyer who discovered the offensive material on the judge's website, has long held a grudge against Kozinksi. Not to mention Sanai apparently hacked into the private directory onto which the pictures were posted.
It seem the situation is a little more complicated then I initially thought. Sure, in hindsight Kozinksi's decision to not completely make sure the server was private seems idiotic and short-sighted, but I really don't think he had the same kind of malicious intent as the defendant in the trial over which the judge is presiding.
No matter how offensive I think the "humor" inherent in the pictures is, this seems like kind of a witch hunt on Sanai's part. That makes me feel a little uncomfortable.
Showing posts with label Alex Kozinski. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Alex Kozinski. Show all posts
Friday, June 13, 2008
Thursday, June 12, 2008
9th Circuit Judge Uploads Porn Images to Public Server
Alex Kozinski, one of the nation's highest ranking judges, apparently posted some disturbing pornographic images on a website. This comes during a time when the 9th Circuit (of which, Kozinksi is the chief judge) is hearing an obscenity case. Some of the pictures the judge posted were of women on all fours, painted to look like cows and a man traipsing about with an aroused farm animal.
Kozinski maintains that he thought he uploaded the images to a private site which couldn't be viewed by the public. Even if that's true, it displays a disturbing degree of negligence for a respected federal judge.
A blogger at Concurring Opinions brings up the good point that Kozinski's take of the explicit images as "funny" raises the question of how a judge's ruling (or opinion or whatever) on, let's say a harassment case or a rape case is perceived by the judge's public persona. If you were a woman in front of a judge who did something like Kozinski did, wouldn't you be especially concerned that he may view all women as cows or something equally misogynistic? That's not to say that Kozinski hates women. But, as the link I posted to points out, the accuracy of a perception like that isn't relevant. His actions have some pretty serious negative consequences for the judiciary as a whole.
Kozinski maintains that he thought he uploaded the images to a private site which couldn't be viewed by the public. Even if that's true, it displays a disturbing degree of negligence for a respected federal judge.
A blogger at Concurring Opinions brings up the good point that Kozinski's take of the explicit images as "funny" raises the question of how a judge's ruling (or opinion or whatever) on, let's say a harassment case or a rape case is perceived by the judge's public persona. If you were a woman in front of a judge who did something like Kozinski did, wouldn't you be especially concerned that he may view all women as cows or something equally misogynistic? That's not to say that Kozinski hates women. But, as the link I posted to points out, the accuracy of a perception like that isn't relevant. His actions have some pretty serious negative consequences for the judiciary as a whole.
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