{"id":39859,"date":"2016-06-09T18:27:52","date_gmt":"2016-06-09T22:27:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=39859"},"modified":"2016-06-09T18:59:05","modified_gmt":"2016-06-09T22:59:05","slug":"voters-decide-that-judge-having-sex-in-chambers-is-nbd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=39859","title":{"rendered":"Voters Decide That Judge Having Sex In Chambers Is NBD"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>\u201cVoters will get what they voted for,\u201d opponent said.<\/h3>\n<div class=\"top-media\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;mnid&quot;:&quot;top_media&quot;}}\">\n<div class=\"top-media--image image\">\n<p><span class=\"share-bar-image-wrapper\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;mnid&quot;:&quot;entry_image&quot;}}\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image__src js-top-media-image\" src=\"http:\/\/img.huffingtonpost.com\/asset\/scalefit_630_noupscale\/575938a52200002d00f800b4.png\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-list-component text\">\n<header class=\"entry__header\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;mnid&quot;:&quot;headline&quot;}}\">\n<div class=\"author-list-container\">\n<ul class=\"author-list\">\n<li class=\"author-card\">\n<div class=\"author-card__details\"><span class=\"author-card__details-container\">Ron Dicker<a class=\"author-card__details__name\" href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/author\/ron-dicker\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;lnid&quot;:&quot;author&quot;}}\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/span><span class=\"author-card__microbio\">The Huffington Post<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<p>Ardor in the court didn\u2019t cost this jurist his job.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/california-judge-had-sex-chambers-wins-reelection-005600200.html?nhp=1\" target=\"_blank\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;mnid&quot;:&quot;entry_text&quot;,&quot;lnid&quot;:&quot;citation&quot;,&quot;mpid&quot;:0}}\">California judge who was reprimanded for having sex<\/a>\u00a0with two women in his chambers was re-elected on Tuesday \u2014 and the vote wasn\u2019t even close.<\/p>\n<p>Scott Steiner won 56 percent of the vote against Karen Schatzle, The Associated Press reported, citing unofficial results from the Orange County registrar of voters.<\/p>\n<p>Steiner, a Superior Court judge for five years, was censured in 2014 by the Commission on Judicial Performance for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/local\/lanow\/la-me-ln-judge-scott-steiner-reelection-win-20160608-snap-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;mnid&quot;:&quot;entry_text&quot;,&quot;lnid&quot;:&quot;citation&quot;,&quot;mpid&quot;:1}}\">boinking his intern and an attorney in his chambers<\/a>, the Los Angeles Times noted. Both were once law students of the judge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEngaging in sexual intercourse in the courthouse is the height of irresponsible and improper behavior by a judge,\u201d the commission said, per the Times.<\/p>\n<p>Steiner was also criticized for attempting to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ocregister.com\/articles\/county-718594-steiner-orange.html\" target=\"_blank\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;mnid&quot;:&quot;entry_text&quot;,&quot;lnid&quot;:&quot;citation&quot;,&quot;mpid&quot;:2}}\">help one of his sex partners<\/a> get a job with the district attorney\u2019s office, the Orange County Register reported.\u00a0In addition, he was reprimanded for not recusing himself from a case that involved a pal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJudge Steiner is proud of the job he\u2019s done on the bench, and the voters agree,\u201d his campaign manager, Scott Hart, told the Register.<\/p>\n<p>Steiner\u2019s opponent, Schatzle, had pledged to restore \u201cintegrity\u201d to the court and said on her website that Steiner had \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/schatzleforocjudge.com\/bio\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;mnid&quot;:&quot;entry_text&quot;,&quot;lnid&quot;:&quot;citation&quot;,&quot;mpid&quot;:3}}\">made a mockery<\/a> of what our community expects of our Judiciary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After Steiner\u2019s victory became apparent, she told the Register:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe voters will get what they voted for.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Here\u2019s a Steiner campaign video<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PTrgYlxxyUk\">Judge Scott Steiner &#8211; The Importance of Family<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-list-component embed-asset\">\n<div class=\"flex-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"youtube-flip-PTrgYlxxyUk\" class=\"video-flip youtube\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PTrgYlxxyUk?enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffingtonpost.com&amp;widgetid=1\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-youtube-id=\"PTrgYlxxyUk\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-list-component text\"><\/div>\n<p>___<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/voters-decide-that-judge-having-sex-in-chambers-is-nbd_us_5759274ce4b00f97fba74d7a<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-list-component embed-asset\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tag-cloud\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;mnid&quot;:&quot;more&quot;}}\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cVoters will get what they voted for,\u201d opponent said. Ron Dicker The Huffington Post Ardor in the court didn\u2019t cost this jurist his job. 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