The judge who did this is a pompous jackass. I'm sure, right now, he's downright indignant that the Governor, the Lt. Governor, the Attorney General, and a goodly portion of the Dallas County residents firmly believe he is a pompous jackass who behaved badly ... but, too damn bad! He needs to have his ass kicked up to his shoulder blades.
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence