A federal judge is tapping out of the Trump administration.
Donald Trump appointed Judge Alan Albright in 2018, but last week, the Texas-based judge announced his sudden resignation, revealing that his time on the bench will come to a close in August.
The reason seems to be related to personal fulfillment: Bloomberg Law reported Monday that Albright had given “signs” that he “wasn’t enjoying the job” in the week leading up to his shock retirement.
In his wake, Albright leaves behind one of the largest backlogs of litigation for any federal judge. As of last September, Albright’s lagging pen accounted for 70 percent of the 129 civil cases that were pending in the Western District of Texas for three years or longer. At the same time, Albright had 446 undecided motions, approximately twice the number of any other district judge in the Fifth Circuit. His colleagues in Austin—Robert Pitman and David Ezra—had none, according to Bloomberg.
Good. None of these ghouls should be enjoying themselves. I know in this case it may have been for other reasons, but the best way to fight them is to make them as uncomfortable and as inconvenienced as possible. And I feel as many people as possible should be in on that. And to be clear, I’m not talking violence, I’m talking more of a sort of mass social snubbing. People who commit such terrible actions willingly should be ostracized in their day to day lives. Make these people so miserable they stop doing this just for the hope of being accepted by society again, even if only a little.