Judge Newman has threatened to have staff arrested, forcibly removed from the building, and fired. She accused staff of trickery, deceit, acting as her adversary, stealing her computer, stealing her files, and depriving her of secretarial support. Staff have described Judge Newman in their interactions with her as “aggressive, angry, combative, and intimidating”; “bizarre and unnecessarily hostile”; making “personal accusations”; “agitated, belligerent, and demonstratively angry”; and “ranting, rambling, and paranoid.” Indeed, interactions with Judge Newman have become so dysfunctional that the Clerk of the Court has advised staff to avoid interacting with her in person or, when they must, to bring a co-worker with them.

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    How would an opponent be able to attack you if the test is pass or fail? You either are able to have an opponent or you can’t run.

    Using a strict age limit would only result in a segment of people who are paying taxes without having representation which is the exact situation we’re brainstorming ideas to avoid.

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      Instead, the group in question has had almost exclusive representation for half a century. There are lower age limits, so there should be upper limits.

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        I don’t believe in two wrongs making a right. I consider a lack of lower age representation a problem but I can not agree to flipping it around and making it a lack of upper age representation either. If that’s your idea of a just society when a presented method could solve this without that issue I have concerns.

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          All people and all generations are entitled to the right to self-determination. That’s something that we have seen is not possible without such limits.

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            And why can’t we fulfill that with term limits and pass fail capability tests?

            Really seems to uphold your first statement much better than disenfranchising an entire group of people simply they are old.