Judge Guido Calabresi
Posted on 06/25/2004 1:25:08 AM PDT by kattracks
A Manhattan federal appeals judge who compared President Bush with Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini at a lawyers' conference last week apologized yesterday for his breach of judicial manners.In a letter to colleagues, Judge Guido Calabresi wrote that he understood his remarks could too easily be taken as partisan - a big no-no for a sitting judge.
Speaking to the American Constitution Society last weekend in Washington, Calabresi took issue with Bush vs. Gore, the Supreme Court decision that decided the 2000 election.
"It put somebody in power," he said, adding that was "exactly what happened when Mussolini was put in by the king of Italy." He went on to say that while Bush is not another Hitler, "like Mussolini, he has exercised extraordinary powers. He has claimed power for himself."
The 71-year-old jurist also said the public should expel Bush from office to cleanse the democratic system.
Calabresi's family fled Mussolini in 1939. A former dean at Yale, he was appointed to the federal appeals bench in 1994 by President Bill Clinton.
Robert Gearty
Originally published on June 25, 2004
Like all liberals, he's not sorry he said it - he's sorry he was heard...
Watch, as this cowardly scumbag backtracks, tail between his legs.
in total agreement.
"i said it because i could"
"no i'm sorry because i was caught"
totally pathetic!
Good Lord A'mighty, MOVEON dot UGH!
The only honorable option for him is to resign.
What he said *WAS* partisan.
NY FReepers: Picket this SOB's courtroom.
Still don't get this. Bush doesn't get the Hitler nominee but still liked him to Mussolini!?
If Bush really was a dictator, this Judge and the rest of Bush's detractors would be 6 feet under.
He should resign. What he did is a taboo among judges. I believe he will be admonished by his fellow jurists.
Judge Guido Calabresi
I know, I know, I just like stating the obvious.
Um, no, Guido. The public should remove YOU from office to cleanse the Democratic Party.
Leni
Like what? Was he on a train that was on time?
Speaking to the American Constitution Society last weekend in Washington, Calabresi took issue with Bush vs. Gore, the Supreme Court decision that decided the 2000 election.
Yeah, then you should know more than the average person how right the decision was. Grrrrr.
...to cleanse the democratic system.
Cleanse? CLEANSE? Does the doddering old &^%$# review his notes before a speech? I am offended by this.
A former dean at Yale, he was appointed to the federal appeals bench in 1994 by President Bill Clinton.
Like you needed to tell me this....Grrrr
Let me get this right.....
AL QAEDA GORE decided he wanted to be president more than the people of the all the United States...
The Supreme Court decided that the people of the state of Florida voted for George Bush that is AFTER the state of Florida determined that they voted for George Bush!
So does Guido take issue with the rest of the United States and the state of Florida as well for voting for George Bush?
This makes his so called apology laughable.
Those fleeing Mussolini's Italy in 1939 were either Jews or communists, and Calebresi doesn't sound very Jewish to me.
and when I suggested what this guy deserved, I was suspended for 3 days....but I'm not sure I was so wrong.
Calabresi is a good example of the liberal nutcases who occupy our judiciary.
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