Posted on 05/11/2006 4:53:25 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued
Judge J. Michael Luttig resigned Wednesday from the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to accept a job as senior vice president and general counsel for Boeing Co.
Luttig, a conservative judge, had been named to the federal bench by former President Bush in 1991 and mentioned last year as a possible nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court.
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This is a loss for Constitutionalism on the Federal Courts. Apparently, he isn't going to serve on theU.S. Supreme Court. What a shame.
No doubt all Freepers wish him well.
This Freeper is glad he is off the bench. His Padilla decision was too much for me.
I hear that a lot. And hey, after all, when you've got the right people calling the shots, who needs the Rule of Law? It just gets in the way.
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