Second Circuit Whacks Scheindlin

In a move characterized by The New Yorker's Jeffrey Toobin as "preposterous", The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, in a fast one-two combination, punched out Federal Judge Shira Scheindlin for openly expressing her opinions about the city's case during trial in the hard-fought Ligon vs. City of New York case, then took the case away from her and transferred it to another