In all normal circumstances heād be gone by now but woulfie has displayed a stunning level of poor judgement, lack of self awareness and self preservation.
Itāll be an impeachment, the first, and heāll fight it in the hope he gets a payoff.
.but heāll be gone withing the next 6 months
What will be the grounds for impeachment?
Incapacity. Heās clearly incapable of being a SC beak
How so?
Poor judgement, lack of knowledge of law, lack of empathy, unable to work in a collegiate court etc etc ad nauseum
Thatās a very stretched definition of incapacity.
The professional judge who reported on it said no laws broken and resignation disproportionate.
I hope he digs in for the spectacle.
Not a chance thatās incapacity under any accepted meaning of the term. He was just made a SC judge so was competent. He broke no law.
Judges wonāt want impeachment. Separation of powers underpins all democracy. Politicians will be scared shitless of it as there is no win for them.
I think he will resign. Maybe a deal on the pension.
Iām being facetious about incapacity
Theyāll do him on stated misbehaviour for the damage heās done to the courts and the administration of justice
That is fraught. He broke no law. Independent report by an actual judge found no reason for him to go. The CJ has overstepped the Mark.
Still think he will resign but I hope he doesnāt. An impeachment would be great entertainment for Lockdown 3.0.
But itās not just the fools pardon that denham gave him. It was his conduct speaking to de ham, and his conduct thereafter. Blanking Frank was a big no no.
A gurrier would have the savvy to say I fucked up, mea Maxima culpa but woulfie continues to pour gas on the fire. His judgement is highly suspect
Woulfie has to go. The seperation of powers are what makes democracy tick.
He doesnāt serve at pleasure of the CJ
Thatās why they cannot really remove him. No TD resigned their seat.
He can go back to fixing wills
Smacks of Chief Frank not getting the answer he wanted and expected from Susan Denham and throwing the toys out of the pram. Chief Frank really doesnāt come out of this well. The political establishment are rightly pissed off having this thrown at them on top of everything else. Itās quite the spectacle though and great entertainment. If it was just Chief Frank at loggerheads it could all quieten down in a few months when heās due to retire.
Iād say heād prefer to stay as a Supreme Court judge. The politicians need to respect the separation of powers.
Yeah thatās if. Frank has played it poorly. Finlay CJ would never have found himself in this position
He should have thought about that before he started noseying up to corrupt politician and banker types
Is the separation of powers not the reason why he shouldnāt leave? Because the government canāt be allowed to sack any judge whoās inconvenient?
Fair fucks to Wolfey.
Doing exactly what Hogan should have done.