Posted on 08/22/2006 5:33:26 AM PDT by IrishMike
Judge Anna Diggs Taylor Serves as Secretary and Trustee of Foundation that donated funds to ACLU of Michigan, a Plaintiff in the Case
Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption and judicial abuse, announced today that Judge Anna Diggs Taylor, who last week ruled the government’s warrantless wiretapping program unconstitutional, serves as a Secretary and Trustee for a foundation that donated funds to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Michigan, a plaintiff in the case ACLU et al. v. National Security Agency. Judicial Watch discovered the potential conflict of interest after reviewing Judge Diggs Taylor’s financial disclosure statements, available on Judicial Watch’s Internet Site, www.judicialwatch.org.
According to her 2003 and 2004 financial disclosure statements, Judge Diggs Taylor served as Secretary and Trustee for the Community Foundation for Southeastern Michigan (CFSEM). She was reelected to this position in June 2005. The official CFSEM website states that the foundation made a “recent grant” of $45,000 over two years to the ACLU of Michigan, a plaintiff in the wiretapping case. Judge Diggs Taylor sided with the ACLU of Michigan in her recent decision.
According to the CFSEM website, “The Foundation’s trustees make all funding decisions at meetings held on a quarterly basis.”
“This potential conflict of interest merits serious investigation,” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. “If Judge Diggs Taylor failed to disclose this link to a plaintiff in a case before her court, it would certainly call into question her judgment.”
(Judge Diggs Taylor is also the presiding judge in another case where she may have a conflict of interest. The Arab Community Center for Social and Economic Services (ACCESS) is a defendant in another case now before Judge Diggs Taylor’s court [Case No. 06-10968 (Mich. E.D.)]. In 2003, the CFSEM donated $180,000 to ACCESS.)
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ACLU scum ping
seems ruth ginsberg should have recused herself from every single aclu case...
Russian jet crashed. 179 on board.
Sister Boogie Woman Ruth Bader Ginsburg.............
cannot even fathom two ACLU supporters (if not actual members) on SCOTUS !
And the lawyer(s) from the ACLU were Muslim and one at least has been a defender of terrorist.
NO MORE RENEGADE JUDGES!!!!!!!!!!!!!
IMPEACH THE JUDGE NOW!
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ACLU on a golf outing ?
Some one has it posted
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1687935/posts
sorry about posting that here. I thought I was on the ME thread.
...I thought I was on the ME thread.
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I've done that,
I cannot tell you how many times,
but more than a few.
bump
> If Judicial Watch indeed broke this news, congratulations are in order. Credit where credit is due. <
Yes indeed! And one gets the impression that JW achieved this breakthrough without the services of Larry Klayman!
Actually, she like all Liberals believe they are immune from the law.
Bring suit against her and the ABA will come running tosupport her. Write an opinion piece about this and watch how quick it gets printed.
This revelation is a real shocker isn't it. Another gem that Jimmie Carter foisted on the citizens of the country.
Remember when the left was on Alito's ass for something not half as bad? Or was it Roberts?
This is OK as long as she did not go hunting with the Vice President like Scalia.( sarcasm). That would force her to recuse herself per the drive by media standard.
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