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"The judiciary must be empowered to act as a check on the legislative and executive branches, but its actions must always be subject to appropriate checks."

William Howard Taft,
27th President of the United States and the
10th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

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MOST RECENT COMMENTS - STATE JUDGES

Hon. Thomas J Griego

` The most incompetent judge in all of LA . Racist, bigoted, anti gay, stupid, emotionally incompetent, the most destructive Judge and the worst thing to happen to LA residents. I ...

04/13/2026 05:04 PMComment #135610

Hon. Lawrence P. Riff

When the state bar tried to discipline me for saying Larry is "incompetent and corrupt", the state bar could not prove at my trial that Larry isn't "corrupt and incompetent. Furth...

04/12/2026 09:50 PMComment #135608

Hon. Esther P Kim

I would immediately 170.6 her out of my case! She is extremely cold, and doesn’t care about the victims! She sees the victim’s suffering & misery as entertainment and laughs in joy...

04/12/2026 06:17 PMComment #135607

Hon. Michael D. D'Amore

Inclined to make his own interpretation of written law.

04/12/2026 02:30 PMComment #135606

MOST RECENT COMMENTS - FEDERAL JUDGES

Hon. Maria A. Audero

This magistrate is very unprofessional. She lacks any kind of tack. She belittles family members and treats defendents as being guilty until proven innocent. Her court demeanor is ...

04/10/2026 06:05 AMComment #36056

Hon. Paula Xinis

Gotta go with the majority on this one. Truly horrible judge who doesn't really care about the law and lets courtroom or courthouse politics prevail. Probably spent two seconds...

04/03/2026 12:26 PMComment #36053

Hon. Kenneth M. Karas

I managed to get him off the case, so I have no sour grapes here. First, I strongly suspect his opinions - which took forever - were written with AI (whenever I checked his cites,...

04/01/2026 04:57 AMComment #36052

Hon. Jinsook Ohta

She admitted evidence in a case, then invoked F.R. Evid. 403 before closing arguments to forbid the lawyer from talking about the evidence. When he inadvertently displayed an exhib...

03/28/2026 04:54 PMComment #36051

TOP 10 FEDERAL JUDGES

Hon. Thelton E. HendersonDistrict Judge, N.D.Cal.

5.0

Hon. Thomas P. SmithDistrict Judge, D.Conn.

4.9

Hon. James L. CottDistrict Judge, S.D.N.Y.

4.9

Hon. Tonianne J. BongiovanniDistrict Judge, D.N.J.

4.9

Hon. Keith P. EllisonDistrict Judge, S.D.Tex.

4.9

Hon. Benjamin J. BeatonDistrict Judge, W.D.Ky.

4.9

Hon. John R. PadovaDistrict Judge, E.D.Pa.

4.9

Hon. Dan A. PolsterDistrict Judge, N.D.Ohio

4.9

Hon. Mary Pat ThyngeDistrict Judge, C.C.A

4.8

Hon. Cormac J. CarneyDistrict Judge, C.D.Cal.

4.8

BOTTOM 10 FEDERAL JUDGES

Hon. Deborah L. BarnesDistrict Judge, E.D.Cal.

1.0

Hon. John A. MendezDistrict Judge, E.D.Cal.

1.1

Hon. Staci Michelle YandleDistrict Judge, S.D.Ill.

1.2

Hon. James van MeerveldDistrict Judge, E.D.La.

1.4

Hon. William D. KellerDistrict Judge, C.D.Cal.

1.5

Hon. Ann Marie DonnellyDistrict Judge, E.D.N.Y.

1.5

Hon. Barry AsheDistrict Judge, E.D.La.

1.5

Hon. Jinsook OhtaDistrict Judge, S.D.Cal.

1.6

Hon. Raymond P. MooreDistrict Judge, D.Colo.

1.6

Hon. Anne C. ConwayDistrict Judge, M.D.Fla.

1.6