Two N.J. Judges Face Ethics Charges Over Derogatory Comments From Bench

Two New Jersey trial judges are in hot water for belittling litigants with discourteous, undignified and discriminatory remarks from the bench. In complaints [available here and here], made public Monday, the Advisory Committee on Judicial Conduct accuses the judges of derogatory comments touching on litigants' alienage, ethnicity, race, honesty, language ability or physical ailments. The judges are charged, among other things, with creating an appearance of racial or ethnic bias. Fore more on this story go here.