"Balking at the judge" is a slippery slope. Judges can (and sometimes do) take out their ire and hurt egos on the side that is trying to go over them, get them recused, or other things that are done.
So then the state would be left with an even worse problem -- a judge that is already inclined to find fault with and humiliate the female solicitor(s), and then a really pissed off judge who will not take kindly to being forced to do or not do anything. The defense would have had an easier time of it than the state, but this judge is a loose cannon.
Thank you, that makes so much sense.
I sometimes have a Pollyanna view of the world. If the right thing is done everything falls into place and life rolls happily along for the person doing the right thing. Which, as shown in your post, is rarely the way things work with something like this.
Also I meant no disrespect with the monolog. My family is from the deep south. At least one extended family member would say something similar, excluding anything court related.