The progressive and caring Drudge links to the story of the judge who threatened to deport a woman seeking a restraining order against her abusive husband.

Gonzalez, who accused her husband of verbal abuse and threatening to report her to immigration authorities, acknowledged being in the country illegally.

"I hate the immigration laws that we have, but I think the bailiff could take you to the immigration services and send you to Mexico," the judge responded, according to a court transcript. "Is that what you guys want?"

Does he think that part about hating the immigration laws makes the vile stunt he's about to pull acceptible?  He should have just said, "Some of my best friends are Mexican, but I'm deporting you, brown woman."

Fink later warned Gonzalez that he was going to count to 20 and expected her to disappear by the time he was finished.

"One. Two. Three. Four. Five. Six. When I get to 20, she gets arrested and goes to Mexico," Fink said, according to the transcript.

Gonzalez left the courtroom and Fink dismissed the case.

She moved into a domestic violence shelter last month, and could not be reached for comment.

So, does he think that illegal aliens are not entitled to the protection of our laws?  Or that wives aren't entitled to legal protection from their husbands?

"A lot of people run from controversy," Fink said. "It doesn't bother me. Remember, I was doing this as a volunteer."

Translation: "I can be an asshole and do a shitty job, but since I was an unpaid volunteer, it's okay!"

"I did not want this woman deported," Fink said. "Now I understand that the court does not get involved in immigration status as long as it is not thrust upon it."

You see?  The problem is not that he's a fucking prick.  It's that he took on the question of her immigration status sui generis.  Well, as long as he's learned his lesson.  Let's just go ahead and put this distinguished jurist on the Supreme Court.