In these other dispatches about fair and impartial courts:

• Can “order in the court” co-exist with live-blogging? Stay tuned. “Hawaii Federal Judge Favors Allowing Live-Blogging from Courtroom,” Honolulu Civil Beat reported.

• New Mexico District Judge Pat Murdoch, accused of raping a woman, agreed to retire under a disciplinary order from the state Supreme Court, the Associated Press reported.

• Regarding misconduct proceedings  against a Florida judge in connection with the building of what critics call the “Taj Mahal” courthouse, Randy Schultz wrote for The Palm Beach Post Editorial Board a piece entitled, “Public is victim, not judge.”