[Ads-l] disrobe

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

There exist a small number of matches for "disrobe" which are
connected to the sense: remove a judge from power.

Date: November 23, 1969
Newspaper: The Akron Beacon Journal
Newspaper Location: Akron, Ohio
Article: Sir Bayh, White Knight Of Doubtful Courage
Author: Ben Maidenburg
Quote Page D1, Column 2
Database: Newspapers.com

[Begin excerpt]
Now this question for Rt. Hon. Senator Bayh.
How come, as a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, he hasn't
complained about Kennedy's efforts to hide behind the closed doors of
secrecy If he held the right to disrobe Judge Haynsworth.
[End excerpt]

Date: September 24, 1991
Newspaper: The Arizona Republic
Newspaper Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Article: Thomas ducks and dodges, Democrats contort selves
Author: Keven Willey (Political Columnist)
Quote Page B2, Column 3
Database: Newspapers.com

[Begin excerpt]
On the other hand, you had Democrats grinding their teeth over their
inability to politically disrobe Judge Thomas. They blasted the judge
for distancing himself from his earlier writings on such politically
delicate topics as natural law and judicial precedent.
[End excerpt]

Year: 2006
Book Title: Disrobed: The New Battle Plan to Break the Left's
Stranglehold On the Courts
Author: Mark W. Smith
Publisher: Crown Forum, New York

[Begin excerpt]
Disrobed provides that battle plan. In addition to embracing
conservative judicial activism, conservatives can and must:
Pick "Judicial Reagans." Our first priority is to select solid and
reliable conservative judges.
[End excerpt]

Date: September 26, 2013
Newspaper: Rapid City Journal
Newspaper Location: Rapid City, South Dakota
Article: Mont. judge faulted for alleged bias in rape case
Byline: Associated Press
Quote Page A10, Column 2
Database: Newspapers.com

[Begin excerpt]
Montana NOW president Marian Bradley was accompanied by her husband,
Ray, daughter Alexandra and three supporters as they handed over the
complaint to Supreme Court administrator Beth McLaughlin.
The supporters held signs saying "Rape Is Rape" and "Disrobe Judge
Baugh." The complaint took up 10 boxes and included thousands of pages
bearing the names of an estimated 140,000 people who joined online
petitions calling for Baugh's removal.
[End excerpt]

Date: February 21, 2018
Newspaper: Dayton Daily News
Newspaper Location:
Article: Leader of effort to recall judge gets 2 rape threats
Author: Meagan Flynn (Washington Post)
Quote Page A2, Column 4 and 5
Database: Newspapers.com

[Begin excerpt]
Stanford University law professor Michele Dauber, as chairwoman of the
Recall Persky Campaign, is trying to disrobe California Superior Court
Judge Aaron Persky. She has been targeted by Persky supporters. . . .
Dauber, chairwoman of the "Recall Persky Campaign," is the woman
trying to disrobe Persky, a California Superior Court judge.
[End excerpt]

Gerald Cohen and JL mentioned related terms "disbar" and "defrock".

The website vocabulary.com suggests "defrock" is based on the notion
of taking away a garment. But strict analogical reasoning would
produce "derobe" instead of "disrobe".

https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/defrock

[Begin excerpt]
defrock
Defrock comes from frock, an old word for "dress." Priests, nuns,
monks, and other church officials wear a frock to symbolize their job.
If they leave the church, they are said to be defrocked: their gown is
taken away.
Although it is still common to refer to defrocked priests (priests who
have left the priesthood for one reason or another), the word does not
have a generally-used meaning outside of the clergy. You would not
refer to a "defrocked teacher" or a "defrocked coach."
[End excerpt]

Garson

On Fri, Feb 23, 2024 at 1:01 PM Cohen, Gerald Leonard <gcohen at mst.edu> wrote:
>
> In linguistics this levity-producing item is referred to as a
> malapropism and probably derives from confusion with the word
> disbarred. MTG also famously produced the malapropism
> gazpacho police (Gestapo).
>
> Gerald Cohen

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