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Anna Diggs Taylor - A real case for impeachment

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Posted by Shung Phinetle2153 2006-08-21 03:43|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I'm afraid that poor reasoning, lack of research, disregard of case law and precedent, etc., are not requisites for impeaching a Federal Judge anymore. If they were, Ruth Ginsberg, perhaps the most incompetent judge in SCOTUS history, would have been long gone, along with nearly the entire 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.

Posted by mcsegeek1 2006-08-21 09:18|| 2006-08-21 09:18|| Front Page Top

#2 She's dumber than a box of rocks. I believe the judge might be well advised to go back and take a gander at the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) as articulated under the USA Patrioit Act.

Posted by Besoeker 2006-08-21 09:23|| 2006-08-21 09:23|| Front Page Top

#3 Congress has no interest in impeaching any of them anymore. So much for the lie of 'checks and balances'. Long past time the judges be subject to the direct consent of the governed.

Posted by Unimble Elmomort5902 2006-08-21 09:25|| 2006-08-21 09:25|| Front Page Top

#4 What more proof of the idea that hiring based upon anything but taking the most highly qualified person will result in dismal failure do you need than this person who was hired on the basis of something other than being the most qualified person and her decision in this case?

Posted by no mo uro 2006-08-21 09:26|| 2006-08-21 09:26|| Front Page Top

#5 She may be right in her opinion, but there is no solace in being dead right.

Posted by john">john 2006-08-21 10:25|| 2006-08-21 10:25|| Front Page Top

#6 Very old topic, it seems.

"A judiciary independent of a king or executive alone is a good thing; but independence of the will of the nation is a solecism, at least in a republican government." --Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Ritchie, 1820. ME 15:298

"Having found from experience that impeachment is an impracticable thing, a mere scarecrow, [the Judiciary] consider themselves secure for life." --Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Ritchie, 1820. ME 15:297

"Impeachment is a farce which will not be tried again." --Thomas Jefferson to William B. Giles, 1807. ME 11:191

Posted by SwissTex 2006-08-21 11:19|| 2006-08-21 11:19|| Front Page Top

#7 Another example of why elections make a difference. Right Jimmy?

Posted by Captain America 2006-08-21 13:34|| 2006-08-21 13:34|| Front Page Top

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