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 …
In the book (not my imagined sequel), he doesn’t “obsess,” he merely takes note on one occasion. But again, I might have miscalculated as a writer - fiction is my hobby, not my forte.