1/ Retweeting bec this is the crux. I think the line (even for me in 2014, hence my comment about this then) is crossed when a domineering judge obsesses about his subordinates’ looks, an irrelevant detail for the job.https://twitter.com/DavidLat/status/944199132125847554 …
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2/ You describe his clerk as being uncomfortable with his behavior, but spun it as affable and edgy, even to the point of “vaguely flirtatious” banter being charming.
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3/ And that was the problem with the Kozinski enabling. He was too powerful to accept his harassment on anything other than his terms: he’s just edgy and boundary-pushing, charming and rakish.
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4/ When we deliver that control to shape the narrative, boundaries don’t get pushed—they get crossed. New norms develop.
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5/ And people like Heidi Bond and all of Kozinski’s other targets are made to feel like they are the ones who can’t take a joke when in fact we should never have accepted the new rules at all.
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@DavidLat, you weren’t unusual for enabling the Kozinski “rakish cad” narrative, but you were certainly part of it. So were the other judges. And law professors. And former clerks.2 replies 0 retweets 5 likesShow this thread
Yes. But again, I did not do so knowingly. And I was not the only one. See @Dahlialithwick’s piece:http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2017/12/judge_alex_kozinski_made_us_all_victims_and_accomplices.html …
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Very far from the only one. Hundreds of people were part of this. Which only makes it more tragic.
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