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Judge Resigns Over Secret Surveillance
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| 12/21/05
| GINA HOLLAND
Posted on 12/21/2005 8:37:29 AM PST by smithone
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posted on
12/21/2005 8:37:30 AM PST
by
smithone
To: smithone
You mean the same Judge Robertson who turned aside Webb Hubbell's legal troubles? Or was part of a cabal of Clinton appointees who circumvented normal procedure for assigning cases?
Later, zot-bait.
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posted on
12/21/2005 8:38:51 AM PST
by
dirtboy
(Drool overflowed my buffer...)
To: smithone
Bah-Bye!
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posted on
12/21/2005 8:39:42 AM PST
by
Wasanother
(Terrorist come in many forms but all are RATS.)
To: smithone
Every President since the law was enacted has used it and now this judge quits? Anyone sense political stunt here as well.
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posted on
12/21/2005 8:39:47 AM PST
by
edcoil
(Reality doesn't say much - doesn't need too)
To: smithone
"I believe the Congress as a coequal branch of government must immediately and expeditiously review the use of this practice," said Sen. Olympia Snowe (news, bio, voting record), R-Maine." I happen to agree with the following:
"What we really have here is a perfect illustration of why America's Founders gave the executive branch the largest measure of Constitutional authority on national security. They recognized that a committee of 535 talking heads couldn't be trusted with such grave responsibility. There is no evidence that these wiretaps violate the law. But there is lots of evidence that the Senators are 'illegally' usurping Presidential power -- and endangering the country in the process."
- Review & Outlook, Wall Street Journal, 12/20/05
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posted on
12/21/2005 8:40:16 AM PST
by
DJ Taylor
(Once again our country is at war, and once again the Democrats have sided with our enemy.)
To: edcoil
Every President since the law was enacted has used it and now this judge quits? Anyone sense political stunt here as well plus a book deal from Simon & Schuster.
BTW, carly simon's(big liberal hollyweird democrat) father is the "Simon" in the Simon & Schuster.
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posted on
12/21/2005 8:43:13 AM PST
by
Dane
( anyone who believes hillary would do something to stop illegal immigration is believing gibberish)
To: smithone
U.S. District Judge James Robertson would not comment Wednesday on his resignation, but The Washington Post reported that it stemmed from deep concern that the surveillance program Bush authorized was legally questionable and may have tainted the work of the court. The Post quoted two associates of the judge.Let's hear it from the Juge himself instead of unnamed "associates". Will the Judge be appearing on the usual liberal talk show circuit?
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posted on
12/21/2005 8:43:36 AM PST
by
rhombus
To: smithone
Sounds like Clinton Appointee Judge Jimbob didn't get his way...so he quits...
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posted on
12/21/2005 8:44:14 AM PST
by
darkwing104
(Let's get dangerous)
To: smithone
Any time a Clintonista judge resigns it's a good day.
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posted on
12/21/2005 8:44:21 AM PST
by
ncountylee
(Dead terrorists smell like victory)
To: smithone
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posted on
12/21/2005 8:44:35 AM PST
by
Dallas59
(“You love life, while we love death"( Al-Qaeda & Democratic Party)
To: edcoil
This is a simple technique. I once had a manager I looked up to and I asked him when he was going to retire. He said "When they make me mad."
Once you know you can retire you can make any proclamation you want and walk away. This is just another cheap shot.
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posted on
12/21/2005 8:46:08 AM PST
by
bigsigh
To: smithone
What a transparent stunt by an ethically challenged political hack in a black robe. Some judicial temperment. Not. Doesn't even have the courage to say anything. Instead, "associates" feed the Compost some agitprop for the latest bash Bushfest. I only wish he'd leave the bench entirely. That said, welcome to FR smithone. Merry Christmas. May the New Year result in the further destruction of the MSM and Rat party....
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posted on
12/21/2005 8:46:11 AM PST
by
eureka!
(Hey Lefties and 'Rats: Over 3 more years of W. Hehehehe....)
To: smithone
I heard about this. Another victory in the war on terror.
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posted on
12/21/2005 8:46:33 AM PST
by
guido911
(cowards cut and run)
To: smithone
I sure hope the screen door doesn't hit him in the a55....
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posted on
12/21/2005 8:46:43 AM PST
by
Paloma_55
(Which part of "Common Sense" do you not understand???)
To: smithone
Liberals only resign when forced to, so what is the real reason why this guy pulled up his stakes?
To: smithone
I think that Ted Kennedy should resign in protest, too. In fact, EVERY Democrat in government should resign in protest.
That'll teach us . . .
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posted on
12/21/2005 8:47:43 AM PST
by
horse_doc
(b)
To: smithone
I think that Ted Kennedy should resign in protest, too. In fact, EVERY Democrat in government should resign in protest.
That'll teach us . . .
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posted on
12/21/2005 8:47:44 AM PST
by
horse_doc
(b)
To: DJ Taylor
I completely agree as well... These Senators are completely undermining Presidential power and authority.
(IBTZ???)
To: smithone
Robertson was appointed a federal judge by President Clinton in 1994. Chief Justice William Rehnquist later appointed Robertson to the FISA court as well. Robertson has been critical of the Bush administration's treatment of detainees at the U.S. naval prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, most memorably in a decision that sidetracked the president's system of military tribunals to put some detainees on trial.
It took the AP long enough to get to the important facts, but I'm also surprised they were mentioned at all.
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posted on
12/21/2005 8:50:42 AM PST
by
Moonman62
(Federal creed: If it moves tax it. If it keeps moving regulate it. If it stops moving subsidize it)
To: dirtboy
Yes, the same judge that allowed Tyson to walk away from a felony... You got it.
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