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Aug 21, 2006 Contact: Press Office 202-646-5188

U.S. District Judge Who Presided Over Government Wiretapping Case May Have Had Conflict of Interest

Link to judical Watch for actual press release

http://www.judicialwatch.org/5862.shtml

1 posted on 08/22/2006 5:33:27 AM PDT by IrishMike

*gasp!*

Shocking! Absolutely shocking! (not)

2 posted on 08/22/2006 5:34:37 AM PDT by The G Man (The NY Times did "great harm to the United States" - President George W. Bush 6/26/06)

ROFLOL! She's got to be one of the stupidest judges on the federal bench.

3 posted on 08/22/2006 5:35:03 AM PDT by AmericaUnited

Well, well, well, things that make you go hmmmmm.

4 posted on 08/22/2006 5:36:02 AM PDT by mware (Americans in armchairs doing the job of the media.)

7 posted on 08/22/2006 5:37:45 AM PDT by yeetch! (Enjoy the good times (these are the good old days)!)

Figures. Like the Nazis, they consider any public office they hold as just another tool to use to advance the party's interests. And there are no limits on it's use.

8 posted on 08/22/2006 5:37:49 AM PDT by Doctor Raoul (New York Times? Get a rope!)

To: IrishMike; All

I hope they nail her ass over this...

Someone get this to Limbaugh...

17 posted on 08/22/2006 5:52:42 AM PDT by sit-rep (http://trulineint.com/latestposts.asp)

Being a Lib and a Carter appointee was enough of a conflict for me!

19 posted on 08/22/2006 5:56:25 AM PDT by wolfcreek (You can spit in our tacos and you can rape our dogs but, you can't take away our freedom!)

If Judicial Watch indeed broke this news, congratulations are in order. Credit where credit is due.

At the least, there go this judge's chances of ever joining her soul mate, Sister Boogie Woman Ruth Bader Ginsburg, on the Supreme Court.

Leni

20 posted on 08/22/2006 5:57:39 AM PDT by MinuteGal (Israel Hold Firm !................No Retreat means No Repeat !)

21 posted on 08/22/2006 5:57:44 AM PDT by EdReform (Protect our 2nd Amendment Rights - Join the NRA today - www.nra.org)

seems ruth ginsberg should have recused herself from every single aclu case...

22 posted on 08/22/2006 5:58:54 AM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)

And the lawyer(s) from the ACLU were Muslim and one at least has been a defender of terrorist.

25 posted on 08/22/2006 6:08:05 AM PDT by YOUGOTIT

NO MORE RENEGADE JUDGES!!!!!!!!!!!!!

26 posted on 08/22/2006 6:09:15 AM PDT by redstates4ever

32 posted on 08/22/2006 6:16:35 AM PDT by fso301

Judicial Watch discovered the potential conflict of interest
POTENTIAL ???????

34 posted on 08/22/2006 6:21:10 AM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)

This revelation is a real shocker isn't it. Another gem that Jimmie Carter foisted on the citizens of the country.

38 posted on 08/22/2006 6:51:42 AM PDT by hgro

Remember when the left was on Alito's ass for something not half as bad? Or was it Roberts?

39 posted on 08/22/2006 7:22:18 AM PDT by zendari

Impeachment time!

Oh, never mind, it would have to be introduced by a Congressman with cojones.

42 posted on 08/22/2006 7:45:04 AM PDT by thoughtomator (There is no "Islamofascism" - there is only Islam)

Wiretapping Case Judge has Possible Conflict of Interest

http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=71068
Wiretapping Case Judge has Possible Conflict of Interest

8/22/2006 10:42:00 AM

To: National Desk

Contact: Jill Farrell of Judicial Watch, 202-646-5188 or jfarrell@judicialwatch.org

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 /U.S. Newswire/ -- 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, http://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 re-elected 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.

47 posted on 08/22/2006 9:05:42 AM PDT by IrishMike (Democrats .... Stuck on Stupid, RINO's ...the most vicious judas goats)

Wonder if judicial watch watches over state supreme courts. They are loaded with conflict of interest judges.

51 posted on 08/22/2006 7:18:05 PM PDT by gidget7 (PC is the huge rock, behind which lies hide!)

53 posted on 08/22/2006 7:29:55 PM PDT by PajamaTruthMafia

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