So like, there’s this federal judge guy, right? His name is J. Harvie Wilkinson III and he’s like, super conservative and stuff. He recently wrote two opinions that are making waves in the legal world. In one case, he slammed the Trump administration for deporting some dude to a prison in El Salvador by mistake. The guy’s name is Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, and he ended up in a foreign prison because of an “administrative error.” The case is called Abrego Garcia v. Noem.
Then, in another case, Wilkinson got all deep and philosophical in an insurance dispute. It was about a dude who got mowed down by an underinsured motorist while he was on a lawn mower. The court said the guy’s estate should get $150,000 from the insurance company, and that’s it. The case is Owners Insurance Co. v. Walsh.
Wilkinson went all existential at the end of his opinion, asking big questions like, “What does it matter? A case but a speck in the recesses of interstellar space and in the four-plus billion years since our solar system’s birth.” Deep stuff, man.
Wilkinson, who’s 80 years old, was appointed to the 4th Circuit by Ronald Reagan. He’s got a long history of making conservative rulings and has some interesting background as the son of a Virginia banker. He even ran for Congress once as a Republican, but that didn’t work out.
Honestly, I’m not really sure why this matters, but it’s kinda fascinating to see this old judge getting all philosophical about insurance cases. Maybe it’s just me, but I feel like there’s something weirdly poetic about it. Like, does this guy just sit around thinking about the universe all day? Who knows.
So yeah, that’s the scoop on Judge Wilkinson and his deep thoughts about legal stuff. Not really sure why anyone cares, but hey, it’s a story, right?
