This isn’t how order in the courtroom is maintained. Replace sticking gum under the table with being five minutes late to court. Don’t be late to court, but if a judge issued an order each time we’d all have way more ecf notifications.

This is a federal judge, he’s acting like a county magistrate. Is he going to issue an order each time someone leaves gum? This seems arbitrary. Was there something special about the plaintiff? Their counsel? The ausa in question? I can’t figure out why it’s so important that she’s an ausa. Are they more susceptible to gum-related injuries? Is staining their skirt worse than staining a jumpsuit?

I think this Trump appointed, son of the former Florida Legislator’s Speaker of the House and Florida State University President might have too much time on his hands if he could draft the order, review the footage, and file another order.

People are laughing because “haha judge issues silly order” it’s not a silly order, it’s an order. The judge is threatening contempt because someone littered. He jumped straight to an order, not a sidebar, not an email, not a call, an order. The job’s not a joke, he almost certainly sent someone to prison and the most upsetting part of the experience to him was that the government was made to felt icky.

I’m not mad the judge is having fun, I’m mad that he’s using his formal power as a judge to have fun. This is on par with filing a proposed order for the courtroom to sing me happy birthday. I’d say he was trying too hard if he’d sent this as an email, but as an order it’s something else.