Dear Editor:
Yesterday, May 24, 2018, Russ Fagg called me about a letter to the editor I wrote about him violating the code of judicial conduct. I actually told him I would not write any more letters to the editor about him.
After thinking about what he told me, I concluded I would have to reveal to the public what he told me. He told me that the Montana Judicial Code does not apply to him because he is no longer a judge. He explained to me that there is a longstanding tradition in Montana that once you were a judge you are always a judge, and it is traditional in Montana for former judges in Montana to refer to themselves as judge. I guess I missed that tradition somewhere, because I cannot find it in writing. That is, it is not “black and white to me”!
I guess that I am not able to engage in the crystal clear meaning that Russ Fagg is able to engage in because I did not attend that law school he attended in Missoula, Montana. I guess I must be somewhat intellectually deficient in this way. I am eternally grateful for him pointing this out to me!
Dr. W. David Herbert ESQ
Billings
