What is the impact of a federal judge on a sexual harassment case?

The factual issues in this case cannot be effectively settled by a decision of an Article III judge on summary judgment. Whatever the early life of a federal judge, she or he usually lives in a narrow segment of the enormously broad American socio-economic spectrum, generally lacking the current real-life experience required in interpreting subtle sexual dynamics of the workplace based on nuances, subtle perceptions, and implicit communications. See, e.g., United States ex rel. Toth v. Quarles, 350 U.S. 11, 18, 76 S.Ct. 1, 6, 100 L.Ed. 8 (1955) ("Juries fairly chosen from different walks of life bring into the jury box a variety of different experiences, feelings, intuitions, and habits."); United States v. Shonubi, 895 F.Supp. 460, 482-88 (E.D.N.Y.1995) (methods triers of fact employ

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