Springboarding off a litany of criticisms directed at federal District Court Judge Manuel L. Real, the Los Angeles Times reported on comments by a judicial misconduct scholar that asked whether any misconduct by a federal Judge was sufficient to rise to the level of "willful misconduct."  Carol J. Williams, Critics want to bench Judge Manuel L. Real (August 16, 2009) www.latimes.com.  It's worth a read, if only to threaten that last little spark of faith in the system.