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Judge Who Freed Hinckley Is a Clintonista
Newsmax ^ | 11/17/03 | Carl Limbacher

Posted on 12/17/2003 3:58:35 PM PST by truthandlife

So, who appointed U.S. District Judge Paul L. Friedman, the guy who wants would-be presidential assassin John Hinckley Jr. to run around loose? Bill Clinton, of course.

We suspected as much even before doing our research. According to the federal courts' Web site, Friedman won his appointment in 1994.

Oh, and he was "Associated Independent Counsel for the Iran-Contra investigation from 1987 to 1988."

The Washington Times reported in July 1999 that Friedman and the other seven judges appointed by Clinton to the U.S. District Court in Washington "meet privately every month in closed-door sessions that other jurists believe are improper and call into question the court's impartiality."

One veteran courthouse official familiar with the sessions told the Times: "I cannot imagine any legitimate reason for them to meet together once a month, even socially. It's not only in bad taste, it certainly has the appearance of impropriety. It's hard to imagine any rationale for these meetings."

The Times reported: "Another court official said they 'reek with impropriety.' Concern among courthouse officials about the meetings, which are described in e-mail addressed monthly to each of the eight judges, comes at a time that Chief U.S. District Judge Norma Holloway Johnson is being publicly criticized for selectively assigning criminal cases against friends and associates of Mr. Clinton's to judges the president has appointed. None of the eight Clinton-appointed judges, all of whom were named to the bench between 1994 to 1998, would comment on the meetings or their content."


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KEYWORDS: clinton; clintonistas; hinkley; liberaljudge
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1 posted on 12/17/2003 3:58:35 PM PST by truthandlife
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Shocking!!!!!!!!!
2 posted on 12/17/2003 4:00:29 PM PST by happy elephant
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I wonder about the leftist judges in other areas, like Michigan and that district court in CA that keeps making the wacky judgements.
3 posted on 12/17/2003 4:01:36 PM PST by Eva
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5 posted on 12/17/2003 4:04:29 PM PST by martin_fierro (Holder of an M.A. degree in The Obvious)
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6 posted on 12/17/2003 4:07:30 PM PST by truthandlife ("Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God." (Ps 20:7))
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Sheesh! He looks like a UCSC environment studies professor.
7 posted on 12/17/2003 4:08:18 PM PST by EggsAckley
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environment = environmental
8 posted on 12/17/2003 4:08:43 PM PST by EggsAckley
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To: truthandlife
Hey, it is no big thing. These judges just met to work out the details of the pool. It's perfectly OK.

They place modest bets on things like, "will Hinkley's first victim be a random target or someone he knows," "will he acquire his weapon from a liberal bleeding heart or steal/buy it from a cop," and, "how many shots will he pump into his first/second/third/etc. victim before he moves to the next?" Of course, each has a time dimension.

There has been a minor scandal. One of the Clintonista judges got caught cheeting (yeah, I know, who would have thunk it). He snuck into Hinkley's room and checked out the female movie stars in the posters in his room and made all his pool picks based on targets associated with her.

Hinkley is GUARNTEED trouble!!

9 posted on 12/17/2003 4:09:35 PM PST by Tacis
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Judge Who Freed Hinckley Is a Clintonista

Too bad he wasn't freed while Clinton was president after someone whispered in his ear what Billy Goat had been doing to Jodie.

10 posted on 12/17/2003 4:10:04 PM PST by JesseHousman (Execute Mumia Abu-Jamal)
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11 posted on 12/17/2003 4:13:11 PM PST by truthandlife ("Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God." (Ps 20:7))
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Reagan's Assasination Attempt (Real Player 4.5 meg)

In Reagan's words. Very ironic quote at the end of the video.


12 posted on 12/17/2003 4:15:53 PM PST by truthandlife ("Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God." (Ps 20:7))
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Another prime example of how Mr. Clinton tried to undermind everything this country represents. Not at all surprised.
13 posted on 12/17/2003 4:16:46 PM PST by XtreMarine
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Re: So, who appointed U.S. District Judge Paul L. Friedman, the guy who wants would-be presidential assassin John Hinckley Jr. to run around loose? Bill Clinton, of course.

Suppose this is another Arkicide in the making?

14 posted on 12/17/2003 4:18:34 PM PST by sonofatpatcher2 (Love & a .45-- What more could you want, campers? };^)
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I say we get one of our judges to cut loose Sirhan Sirhan, just to even things our between the parties.
15 posted on 12/17/2003 4:28:46 PM PST by Orangedog (Remain calm...all is well! [/sarcasm])
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This is retribution for the CBS-Showtime debacle in having to cancel the series done to slander the former president.

The security of our nation is not a sideshow in which corrupt political gamesmanship is played like it's recess in the schoolyard hour.

16 posted on 12/17/2003 4:32:04 PM PST by blackdog (Proudly raising Wisconsin racing sheep since 1998......Sheep Darby tripple crown winners fer sure)
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Hinkley should have unsupervised visitation to this swine's home at night.

I still feel that if a judge wants to release any murderer / rapist / other violent criminal, the parole address should br right next door to the judge who lets them go.

We would have a lot less stupid judges!
17 posted on 12/17/2003 5:10:40 PM PST by steplock (www.FOCUS.GOHOTSPRINGS.com)
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For people like Friedman Hinkley is a hero.
18 posted on 12/17/2003 5:27:16 PM PST by gaspar
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Jodie Foster call your office!
19 posted on 12/17/2003 5:40:38 PM PST by isom35
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Some info about Hinkley.

Following his arrest for possession of firearms in the Nashville airport, where he had followed Carter to a campaign stop, Hinckley's parents sent their youngest son to psychiatrist John Hopper. Hinckley was already taking prescribed antidepressants, and Hopper didn't detect mental illness; instead, he attributed Hinckley's problems to "emotional immaturity," recommending the Hinckleys cut off their son financially, which they did.

In April 2000 he won the right to unsupervised furloughs. The following month these rights were revoked when guards found in his room a smuggled book about Jodie Foster. (He is banned from having any material about the star.)

20 posted on 12/17/2003 5:53:28 PM PST by monkey
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