Alice's Restaurant by Arlo Guthrie features a verse about a blind judge. There's bound to be a few in real life.
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The story in Alice's Restaurant is (mostly) a true story, and Judge James Hannon was a real person who was really blind. He played himself in the movie version of Alice's Restaurant (as did Officer Obie, under the logic that it'd better for him to make fun of himself than for someone else to do it)
That's awesome! I didn't even know about the movie. Gonna have to look that up.
Justice is blind. Justices can be as well. https://lawecommons.luc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1616&context=pilr
As it and they should be. Lemony Snickets 12th Book (Penultimate Peril) sealed it for me
Why couldn't a blind person serve as a judge?
No reason, I'd like to hear about one who is known. Most judges wear glasses...
This was one of the first results from google: Why Disability Diversity Is Important in the Judiciary
The American Bar Association governs licensure for lawyers in the US.