D.C. Circuit Judge Panel Uses Pauline Newman Oral Argument To Flesh Out Advisory Opinion On Comatose Judges - Above the Law

D.C. Circuit Judge Panel Uses Pauline Newman Oral Argument To Flesh Out Advisory Opinion On Comatose Judges - Above the Law

(Photo by Bill O’Leary/The Washington Post via Getty Images) Can Pauline Newman get a damned break? Yesterday, her lawyer argued the claim that used to be taken as a given: Article III judges are pretty damned hard to get rid of without their consent, bad behavior or a death certificate. Put differently, people have been referring to their gigs as lifetime appointments for a while now and no one has batted an eye. For reasons that I do not prete…