Skip to content
LPBN-Icon-v1 (1)
The Right Coast
A Member of the Law Professor Blogs Network

Judge Drunk On Own Power, Possibly Cheap Beer | Above the Law

By Thomas A. Smith

A lot of the country forgets that outside the immediate environs of New York City, the state devolves into the sort of place where state judges have shirtless, gold-chain-adorned screaming matches with the police over parking spots. Back in June, former state senator and now state Supreme Court justice Mark Grisanti was having a typical day of fighting with his neighbors when the police showed up and tried to defuse the situation. Law360 secured bodycam footage per a FOIA request and it s, well&

via abovethelaw.com

It doesn’t seem that the public side of Upstate NY has changed much since I went to college there in the 1970s. It would be harsh to call it a stinking cesspool of common vice, but you get the idea.