Thu Mar 13, 2008 at 08:43:29 PM EDT
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Note to self: Don't make racist statements if you want to be a judge.Gov. Jon Corzine today withdrew the reappointment of a Superior Court judge in Middlesex County for failing "to demonstrate the proper judgment" in making - and later defending - racist comments from the bench, a spokesman said.
During a nomination hearing for a tenured position, Judge Fred Kieser Jr. of Metuchen admitted to the Senate Judiciary Committee that he told a woman seeking payment for her daughter's tuition at Middlesex County College in 2005 that her ex-husband "should not be treated as a cash register, that this is not a free lunch."
He also told the woman "no tickee, no laundry," a racial slur mocking Chinese laundry services that require a claim ticket before returning clothes, after she failed to provide proof of her daughter's enrollment at the two-year school, Kieser said. |
| Juan Melli :: no tickee, no laundry, no judgeship |
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