Drunk Mass. judge urged to withdraw resignation since he is also a crossdresser

Legal Blog Watch reports:

. . . The real story here, as I said at the outset, is the legal community’s reaction. The letter circulated in support of Somma said, “Recent events do not in any manner diminish Judge Somma’s ability to fulfill his duties and to remain as a highly respected member of the bench.” Globe writer Jonathan Saltzman zeros in on the import of this when he says:

The letter-writing campaign illustrates how perspectives have changed about behavior such as cross-dressing. Twenty years ago, several lawyers acknowledged, it was highly unlikely that the legal community would have rallied around a judge who was arrested under circumstances like those in the Somma case . . .

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