Discipline Commission wants to know if Judge Halverson's crazy

Apparently, it isn't just readers of this blog that think Judge Halverson might be crazy. In a crafty move, the Judicial Discipline Commission informed the suspended judicial mass that she would have to submit to a mental health evaluation if she wants to claim medical conditions were the cause of her absurd behavior on the bench and in chambers.

The Review-Journal reports:

Claiming it doesn't want a "trial by ambush," the commission on Wednesday ordered Halverson to submit to an examination by a Reno-based psychiatrist by July 18 if she intends to argue that her mental or physical conditions contributed to her behavior on the bench, according to the commission order.

If Halverson doesn't comply and brings up a disability during the hearing, the commission can disallow the information and Halverson could be considered in contempt, the order states.

Halverson has contended that she doesn't have to provide information on medical issues because the federal Americans with Disabilities Act prohibits employers from asking about disabilities, the order says.

The Judicial Discipline Commission pointed out that it isn't her employer.

I'm sure criminal defendants will lament that Judge Halverson won't get to blame her talent for falling asleep during a criminal trial on her alleged "disability".

P.S. Medical issues caused by allowing yourself to become massively overweight shouldn't be a categorized as a "disability".