If the Texas judge who savagely beat and cursed his defenseless daughter is permitted to continue making decisions that affect people's lives, there will understandably be even less confidence in the justice system ("Texas judicial panel investigates beating video," Web, Thursday).

After being flooded with calls, faxes and emails calling for action, a Texas judicial panel is investigating an Internet video that shows a judge beating his teenage daughter with a belt.

A Texas judge who presides over child-abuse cases said Thursday that his daughter posted a YouTube video of him beating her several years ago because he told her he was reducing her financial support and taking away her Mercedes.

Will Foreman has beaten the speed cameras. Five times and counting before three different judges, the Prince George's County business owner has used a computer and a calculation to cast reasonable doubt on the reliability of the soulless traffic enforcers.