"Amici are concerned that permitting misconduct of the sort alleged here to proceed unchecked and unexamined by the federal courts poses a grave threat to the independence of all federal judges, particularly the 50% of judges who are 68 or older."
"One quirk of being a federal judge is that they are not protected by the Americans with Disabilities Act. If that were the case, things may have centered on what accommodations, if any, Newman would have needed to continue doing her job."
Judge Pauline Newman faces an indefinite suspension over mental fitness concerns, prompting former law clerks and retired judges to urge the U.S. Supreme Court to review her case. They argue that allowing such misconduct to go unchecked threatens the independence of federal judges, especially those aged 68 and older. The D.C. Circuit ruled that Newman could not challenge her suspension as unconstitutional. Federal judges lack protections under the Americans with Disabilities Act, which complicates the situation regarding necessary accommodations for judges with mental health issues.
Read at Above the Law
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