{"id":29988,"date":"2016-11-12T12:49:22","date_gmt":"2016-11-12T17:49:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=29988"},"modified":"2016-11-12T12:49:22","modified_gmt":"2016-11-12T17:49:22","slug":"if-you-think-voters-are-nuts-heres-proof","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=29988","title":{"rendered":"If you think voters are nuts, here&#8217;s proof"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From his reliably, often darkly hilarious Lowering the Bar, Kevin Underhill gives us this scratch-your-head true story:<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mc-toc-title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Lawyer Indicted for Impersonating a Judge Is Elected to Be Real Judge<\/em><\/h2>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Nov 11, 2016 05:30 am | Kevin<\/em><\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" src=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/loweringthebar.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/judge-gavel-1461998098Mmo.jpg?fit=300%2C169\" alt=\"judge-gavel-1461998098mmo\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" name=\"mctoc1\"><\/a><em>Speaking of democracy,\u00a0in Illinois\u00a0a woman who is currently under indictment for\u00a0allegedly impersonating\u00a0a judge\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/loweringthebar.us5.list-manage1.com\/track\/click?u=d34db4689a16c24346a1474e2&amp;id=90a9fa38ce&amp;e=b27870a939\" rel=\"nofollow\">was elected Tuesday<\/a> to be a real judge. The state supreme court had already ruled that Rhonda Crawford could not take the bench if she won, but she got over 74,000 votes anyway.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>You can read the entire thing if you like, but really, isn&#8217;t this enough? To top off with a cherry the election?<\/p>\n<p>And women of America: here I am fighting daily to give you stories in the American War On Women category. Why are you&#8211;Rhonda Crawford&#8211;screwing around with me and the rest of us brave ladies?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From his reliably, often darkly hilarious Lowering the Bar, Kevin Underhill gives us this scratch-your-head true story: Lawyer Indicted for Impersonating a Judge Is Elected to Be Real Judge Nov 11, 2016 05:30 am | Kevin Speaking of democracy,\u00a0in Illinois\u00a0a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=29988\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1095],"tags":[591,1174],"class_list":["post-29988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-judges","tag-judges-and-their-roles"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - 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