Judge — May 1935 — page 11: what you’re looking at

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# Analysis This is a single-panel satirical cartoon titled "Judge" depicting a domestic scene. An elderly man (labeled "Gran'pa") sits in a chair while a small child runs toward him in apparent alarm. The child reports that "Buzzie's tearin' up the Constitution." The satire appears to reference a political figure or public personality nicknamed "Buzzie" who was perceived as undermining constitutional principles. Without additional context about the publication date, I cannot identify the specific historical figure intended. The humor derives from treating constitutional destruction as casually as a child's misbehavior—something requiring grandpa's immediate intervention. The cartoon satirizes both the perceived threat to constitutional governance and the domestic triviality with which serious political concerns are sometimes treated.