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Judge Who Ruled HCR Unconstitutional Owns Piece of
Posted: Dec 14, 2010
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He should have recused himself - also a Bush appointee
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I guess all federal judges should recuse - themselves then....
[ In Reply To ..]they were all appointed by some Dem or Repub president. How about the supreme court? Guess they should all recuse themselves too...?
The Bush appointee just an interesting tidbit - perhaps an Alberto Gonzales recommendation?
[ In Reply To ..]He should have recused himself because of the financial interest in a GOP consulting firm that was trying to legislate against health care reform.
It really doesn't matter....multiple other states have filed... - suits against Obamacare...
[ In Reply To ..]For instance: Attorneys General for Arizona, Indiana, Mississippi, Nevada, and North Dakota announced this week that their states are joining the lawsuit filed on March 23 by Attorneys General for Alabama, Colorado Florida, Idaho, Louisiana, Michigan, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah and Washington.
I think the count is up around 30 states now. This will go to the Supreme Court eventually.
Apparently it is okay for him to have that stock. Probably the reason no lawmakers and/or judges are squawking about this is they don't want their own closet doors opened.
Ahhhh politics.
exactly! They were ALL appointed by a dem or pub. - Saying to recuse was laughable statement
[ In Reply To ..]since they would ALL have to recuse themselves constantly.
All judges have political leanings...does that mean - they are all biased?
[ In Reply To ..]Federal judges, including the supreme court, are all political appointees.
They could all be biased, especially those who have a stake in a political - consulting firm it would seem.
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He owns stock in it...just like millions of other... - Americans who own stock...
[ In Reply To ..]in companies but have nothing to do with the running of them. Naturally a Republican might buy stock in a Republican consulting firm. Makes sense to me.
I read the opinion he wrote on line and it looked constitution-based to me. And as we all know, Republicans view the constitution differently than most Democrats. We will see how much differently when it makes it to the Supreme Court.
No, not like most Americans own stock - Stock not sold on public exchange
[ In Reply To ..]So this must be a group of private investors. Interesting connections to Jack Abranhoff (famous crook) and Swift-boaters.
Okay...lots of companies have private investors.... - none of them are involved...
[ In Reply To ..]in the day to day operations of the company. Want to talk about guilt by association, lets talk about Obama and the SEIU (remember the purple shirts) and Obama and ACORN...Obama was involved with ACORN, does that make him guilty of the things THEY did? Seriously???
Judge rendering a legal decision is a different category - However, your examples are wrong.
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The examples are not wrong for guilt by - association.
[ In Reply To ..]If we opened every federal judge's holdings, public or not, my guess is there might be similar holdings. I don't understand why anyone would be surprised by this...he was appointed by a Republican President. Just like some of the Supreme Court judges were, and the others by Democrat Presidents. Federal judges lean politically the way of their appointers. This is not new. Whether or not he had holdings in that company he still would have ruled the way he did...have you even read the opinion?
Liberals look at the Constitution much differently than conservatives. You can tell that by the way the Supreme court goes when it has more liberal judges than conservative ones.
Doesn't matter anyway...the Justice Department will appeal his ruling and that will start it on is way up the ladder to the Supreme Court.
He would be in pretty tight to get in as a private investor - Cozy.
[ In Reply To ..]Judges should be above this sort of thing. He would know where his money is with a private investment.
You are saying there is something wrong with this. - I see nothing wrong with it.
[ In Reply To ..]I would see nothing wrong with it if he was a judge appointed by a Democrat who was an investor in a democratic consulting firm. I repeat...did you read the opinion? You might want to do that before passing judgment.
To avoid all appearances of wrongdoing, he should have recused - Firm was paid for anti-HCR
[ In Reply To ..]It looks bad. Others have recused themselves for less.
Oh please. You are only saying this because you dont - like his decision... just admit it.nm
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No, judicial system should be fair and impartial - I am idealistic and still have some ethics
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Not political appointees for political reasons. - name a few if you know of any.
[ In Reply To ..]Think about the Supreme Court...liberal and conservative judges. If an issue dear to liberal hearts comes up, you think the liberal judges will recuse themselves? Uhhh...no. If a gun issue comes up, should all the judges who own guns or do not own guns recuse themselves? Then no judges....
On the federal level what you are saying does not work because by nature they are biased to one side or the other, that is why their side picks the judges who support their view.
Not saying it is right, but that is the way it is.
If they are part owners in a gun company or store - then yes, they should recuse
[ In Reply To ..]Whenever there is a FINANCIAL advantage they should withdraw. Is that so hard? They could always sell off any interest in the company (and should) that has a political influence. Even Clarence Thomas' wife gets this.
No, it would not be hard, if these were not... - political appointees.
[ In Reply To ..]that is the part you don't seem to get. I still don't think he should have recused himself based on owning stock in a political consulting firm when he was a political appointee. The state (Virginia) attorney general also had stock in the firm and he is the one who filed the appeal. Does that mean he should not have filed the appeal? You can't recuse yourself from your job.
I think we should just, at this point, agree to disagree. It doesn't matter; as I expected, the Justice Department is appealing the ruling and it will go to the Supreme Court eventually.
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