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Judicial panel to judge: get out

First he lost his mind. Then he lost his job:

The next time you pass through the city court system in Niagara Falls, N.Y., remember to turn your cellphone off.

Yesterday, the State Commission on Judicial Conduct recommended the removal of a judge in Niagara Falls City Court who had what the commission’s chairman called “two hours of inexplicable madness” when a cellphone rang in his courtroom.

I understand the judge’s frustration with bad manners. But his solution was over the top.