Don't Judge Me

I don't know if you guys have heard about this or not, but Alex Kozinski, the Chief Judge of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals and one of the most respected federal judges in the country, who is currently presiding over a federal obscenity trial in California (he is sitting as the trial judge by designation), has in the past posted illicit pictures (not from the case) to his own personal website. Here's the LA Times story about it.

Kozinski apparently posted many of the pictures because of their humorous qualities. My favorite excerpt from the article:

"Among the sexually explicit material on his site that he defended as humorous were two photos. In one, a young man is bent over in a chair and performing fellatio on himself. In the other, two women are sitting in what appears to be a cafe with their skirts hiked up to reveal their pubic hair and genitalia. Behind them is a sign reading 'Bush for President.'

'That is a funny joke,' Kozinski said."

Indeed. The use of double entendre is simply masterful, reminiscent of AC/DC's cheeky hit "Big Balls." I also like that they are sitting in "what appears to be a cafe," which begs the question: in what type of food-serving establishment were they actually sitting? Hopefully Kozinski will provide an answer to that question soon. My money's on a bistro.

And who hasn't laughed their ass off when watching a dude suck his own dick? Frankly, I'm more jealous than anything else.

Kozinski, ever the master of his domain, has now invited the court's ethics panel to investigate whether the posting of porn on his website violates any sort of ethical rules. Personally, I don't think he did anything ethically wrong, at least from a judicial or professional responsibility standpoint. Sure, it was stupid, but give the man a break because it was also so obviously hilarious -- hilarious enough to cause him to declare a mistrial.