Federal Judge in Michigan Charged with Drunken Driving
Monitor for any institutional response or systemic implications, but treat as routine criminal matter involving individual judicial officer. No constitutional damage mechanism present.
Individual federal judge charged with DUI. Rule_of_law=2 (judicial officer subject to law, but personal misconduct not systemic), corruption=1 (personal ethical lapse, not institutional). No mechanism for constitutional damage - this is standard criminal prosecution of individual. Severity multipliers low (0.8/0.9/0.8) as incident is isolated, reversible through normal judicial processes, sets no precedent. Mechanism_modifier=0.5 (no institutional mechanism identified). Scope_modifier=0.7 (single state, narrow population). A-score: (0×0.22 + 2×0.18 + 0×0.16 + 0×0.14 + 0×0.14 + 1×0.10 + 0×0.06)×0.8×0.9×0.8×0.5×0.7 = 1.74. B-score: Layer1 moderate (outrage at judicial hypocrisy, media-friendly scandal) = 30.25×0.55 = 16.64. Layer2 low (pattern_match to judicial misconduct stories) = 12.5×0.45×1.1 = 6.19. Total B=22.83. D=-21.09. A<25, no mechanism, clear noise indicators = Noise classification.