Porn E-Mailing Judge Resigns

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Michael Eakin has become the second member of that court to resign amid a scandal related to hundreds of inappropriate emails. In 2014, the state’s Attorney General Kathleen Kane began releasing the emails, leading to the resignation of Justice Seamus McCaffery. Eakin was cleared at the time, but Kane released additional emails in the fall that included photos of naked women, sexually suggestive language, and misogynistic and homophobic jokes. Eakin has been on the state’s highest court since 2002. In testimony before a three-judge panel, Eakin apologized for what he “allowed to happen.” “Perhaps my demeanor is one of the boys,” Eakin said, “But what I sent was to people who were also one of the boys. It was in the locker room. I allowed, I created something that could be released. Shame on me and it won’t happen again.”