enlightenme wrote on August 09, 2008 08:36 AM: "Even if she is a little abrasive, im sure it is in response to all the discrimination she faces."

A little abrasive? Maybe she should have more compassion for other people....oh, like the people who work with her??

Claire Ervin Lee wrote on September 18, 2007 06:32 PM: Your investigative reporting skills, if any are severely lacking. Before you report someone has a long history of breaking the law, you might want to have, at a minimum, a copy of the judgments of conviction in your hands. What you have on Ed is a list of dropped charges, some rather vague details on time served for some undefined charge, and, some unpaid fines.

So, Ed gets out of prison, becomes a model citizen, and marries Elizabeth, one of the smartest women I've ever known. Unlike most guys, and nearly all you reporters, he has the good taste to select his wife based on her good character and inner qualities, rather than her shaply figure. (Or perhaps he likes her figure just as it is--also a virtue). So, Elizabeth has a dispute with her San Francisco landlord, and she litigates it (as she is entitled to do) and she loses, and there is a money judgment against her. So what? She has bills. We all have bills. Some of us can afford to pay our bills, and some can't. What does that have to do with fitness for judicial office?

So Elizabeth puts her husband under oath and asks him if he'll have the house clean for her mother's visit. Don't you know a joke when you hear one? Get a life!

Stephen wrote on June 04, 2007 08:51 PM: Dear Carla (May 27, 2007 11:14 PM):

Who cares WHY Judge Halverson owes a $40,000 money judgment and has not paid it. This pales in comparison to a judge married to an ex-felon who has broken into peoples houses or businesses, been caught as an ex-felon with a gun (which is a felony), not to mention the judge’s husband did nearly 4 years in State Prison and was ON PAROLE when she married him.

If she wants to co-habit with ex-felon’s who have done prison time that is her right, but not as a sitting judge.

In addition, the Judge’s house is so filthy that it has been declared a public nuisance and a heath hazard and the Judge has failed to clean it up (the woman makes $120,000 a year as a judge) since January dispite being ordered by the county to do so.

Judge Halverson would appear to be more comfortable in a double wide than a courthouse.

Paula wrote on May 29, 2007 07:23 AM: funny

Mark wrote on May 28, 2007 08:57 AM: By personal experience: I've learned, with a few exceptions that judges are above reproach. Decent people's lives often get played with, tossed around and torn. Judges are just that: judges. You are judged by the way you look, how you say things, the mood of the judge, what's politically correct at the time, what kind of day the judge is having, the busy caseload, etc...What about the good ol' truth and letter of the law? I thought judges had a fiduciary duty to adhere and abide by these things?? I also believed the truth would set you free and you can have your say in court: wrong! After being skinned alive and chopped down to three inches tall repeatedly in a courtroom, I realized these people, in cold numbness, who don't know you from Adam, appear to sit there in their comfort and seem to enjoy playing God while not being held accountable, then going home and eating supper and sleeping soundly at night!
Which brings me to a point: take a HARD look at who's doing the judging. It works both ways: our taxes are paying for them, should they not ALSO be held to certain moral and legal standards? Character DOES matter and a good long look needs to be taken at themselves as example setters and how clean they keep their OWN house.
My advice: live an honest life and stay away from the legal system altogether if you can help it. Would you put the fate of you or your loved ones in the hands of the likes of Judge Halverson? I don't think she's being picked on, if she's got nothing to hide, then the truth should set her free.
My faith lies in the Great Judge above and my own continuing honest ethics.

Morgan wrote on May 28, 2007 08:51 AM: This just keeps getting funnier and funnier. Elizabeth Halverson and her felon husband should headline the Jerry Springer show. They are our regional losers of the year!

carla wrote on May 27, 2007 11:14 PM: I love how this article states that Judge Halverson owes money on a lawsuit yet gives no information as to what the specifics are.

Perhaps there are reasons why this judgement has not been paid. Yet, it's in print so people just assume the Judge is being neglegent.

I sense there is probably more information that we are not hearing.

Reading some of these responses makes me sad we live in a world filled with such hate and prejudice due to someone's physical appearance.

ellen wrote on May 27, 2007 11:04 PM: I agree with Lisa... Some of the comments here make me sick. The prejudice and nastiness is disgusting.

Has anyone stopped and asked themselves why it is that more and more crap is coming out about Judge Halverson.

People keep suggesting she is paranoid and no one is targeting her. Hmmm.. don't think one can be paranoid if that is exactly what is going on. There has been article after article picking on this Judge.

Now, she is horrible because she married an ex-con. I think that clearly indicates that the Judge believes people can change and judges people by who they are today and not by mistakes they have made in the PAST.

Mr. Biggins wrote on May 27, 2007 06:31 PM: It is clear that the only reason she is being picked on is because of her size. It is real sad that there is still discrimination in this country based on a person's disability. She should be commended for all she has achieved as a person of size. Even if she is a little abrasive, im sure it is in response to all the discrimination she faces. The real issue here is not her experience or her husband's past, but the fact that she is the only person of size judge and she is the only one being harrassaed. you do the math!!!!

Lisa wrote on May 27, 2007 04:31 PM: This makes me feel much better about this judge. It shows she is human and has had problems like many others. I hope she keeps her position and uses it to provide some empathy to the Nevada justice system, which is desperately needed.

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