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The Robes of Church and State
16 December 2004A circuit court judge in the Alabama town of Andalusia, Ashley McKathan, has begun wearing a custom-made judicial robe, embroidered with the Ten Commandments on his chest, to court. "'Certainly I wanted to make a point,'" said McKathan. "'I think it is important to keep the issue before the people.'" The judge's gold-lettered robe (ordered with fewer pleats to accomodate the needlework) has caused such a media stir that a lawyer trying a case before McKathan has objected that his client won't get a fair trial and a defendent facing a DUI charge asked, "'Why now, with my case before him?'" As though trials were what courts are for. Amateurs.
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