[zb1plus]

We really need to eliminate all these special powers afforded to judges, police and other government officials. They are civil servants and need to remember whatever authority they have is granted by the people and exists only to serve the community. Sadly, most of the people in government don't seem to realize this fact of public office / civil service in any democratic society.

[supermatt]

i guess someone needs the power to enforce the law. But for someone who isn't even on trial? that feels like a major oversight if they really do have that power.

[Ekaros]

Who else would have the power in court room? No one apart from the Defendant and maybe their public defender is forced to be there. They are there by choice and thus should act accordingly. Judge is in charge of the place for duration of trial, so should have rights to instruct any deputies present.

[supermatt]

The same people that have the power to remove people causing a disturbance elsewhere. The police could have been instructed to remove them, arrest them, issue a summons for court, and then the judge can have their turn. That a judge can skip that entire process on a whim is a massive overreach.

I see in the news that the judge has been removed from trials for "training". Hopefully they will stick him in cuffs, dress him in prison garb, and publicly humiliate him in front of his peers while they flip a coin to decide if he should spend his "holiday" in prison. But I doubt it.