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Bad Judges Make Bad Law
Posted on 08/23/2006 1:52:12 PM PDT by Congressman Billybob
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I think Freepers will find this of interest.
John / Billybob
To: Congressman Billybob
There is one final wrinkle in the Taylor decision. The blogosphere has found out that she kept the case and ruled on it, even though
she was Trustee and Secretary on a charity board which had donated $45,000 over the last two years to the ACLU of Michigan. And
that was one of the plaintiffs in the case before her.
This is such a grave and obvious breach of judicial ethics that Judge Taylor should be disciplined, in addition to being stripped off this or any other case involving the ACLU. That should happen, but probably will not.
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I've watched enough Perry Mason to know, that is not good.
Thanks for 'sporkin' off. :-)!
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posted on
08/23/2006 1:59:27 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ......Help the "Pendleton 8' and families -- http://www.freerepublic.com/~normsrevenge/)
To: Congressman Billybob
It seems that Judge Taylor, and such the like have only contempt for a government by, and for , and of the people!!!!
To: Congressman Billybob; P-Marlowe; jude24; blue-duncan
Awesome Review, CB!
For a non-legal mind like myself it was also a great education.
I don't think a lower court justice should be able to block a higher level branch of government from acting. That judge should simply be permitted to forward an opinion to the equal level branch of government....in this case, The Supreme Court.
Congress or the President should not be over-ruled by a lower court justice, any more than they should be over-ruled by a lower level bureaucrat out of one of their own agencies.
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posted on
08/23/2006 2:03:21 PM PDT
by
xzins
(Retired Army Chaplain and proud of it! Supporting our troops means praying for them to WIN!)
To: Congressman Billybob
Excellent piece CB.
I don't know much about the law but it seems to me that this judge should quietly be asked to retire by her peers. She is not only incompetent but unethical and I would think federal judges should police their own.
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posted on
08/23/2006 2:09:03 PM PDT
by
jazusamo
(DIANA IREY for Congress, PA 12th District: Retire murtha.)
To: Congressman Billybob
Great piece! Thanks for your writing.
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posted on
08/23/2006 2:10:11 PM PDT
by
TChris
(Banning DDT wasn't about birds. It was about power.)
To: jazusamo
I don't know much about the law but it seems to me that this judge should quietly be asked to retire by her peers. She is not only incompetent but unethical and I would think federal judges should police their own. Ditto that!
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posted on
08/23/2006 2:10:45 PM PDT
by
TChris
(Banning DDT wasn't about birds. It was about power.)
To: Congressman Billybob
Sporkin make a bad decision? You gotta be kidding !
(was he awake? he notoriously slept thru trials ... a regular trailblazer for J. Ginsberg)
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posted on
08/23/2006 2:12:49 PM PDT
by
EDINVA
To: Congressman Billybob
Wait a minute...I thought laws were made by Congress...when were judges given that authority? I thought when judges tried to do this....those rulings could be ignored.
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posted on
08/23/2006 2:14:05 PM PDT
by
shield
(A wise man's heart is at his RIGHT hand; but a fool's heart at his LEFT. Ecc 10:2)
To: Congressman Billybob
The headline focus cannot be ignored.
Judges should NOT MAKE LAW!
CASE CLOSED!!!
To: Congressman Billybob
People! People!
So much criticism of judges is ruining this country. Our judges need to be protected from such violent speech. I blame Bush for this atmosphere of hate.*
*sarcasm tag deemed unnecessary
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posted on
08/23/2006 2:21:25 PM PDT
by
spinestein
(Follow The Brazen Rule)
To: Congressman Billybob
She was a Jimmy Carter appointee, no? What more need be said?
To: Continental Soldier
"She was a Jimmy Carter appointee, no? What more need be said?"
I woul be very interested to know if he made any good ones. Since Carter seems to have a true genius for coming down on the wrong side of any issue, no matter what it is, I really wonder whether he made any decent federal judicial appointments at all.
To: Congressman Billybob
Bad law make a good article! BTTT.
To: Young Werther
Judges should NOT MAKE LAW!
CASE CLOSED!!!
Amen!
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posted on
08/23/2006 2:51:26 PM PDT
by
BW2221
To: Congressman Billybob
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posted on
08/23/2006 2:55:12 PM PDT
by
patton
(LGOPs = head toward the noise, kill anyone not dressed like you.)
To: Congressman Billybob
Here's her biography from the Detroit African-American History Project. She was first appointed to the bench by Coleman Young. She also is married to a congressman. Cronyism at it's worst, apparently.
Biography Search Display
Name:
ANNA DIGGS TAYLOR
Year of Birth:
1932
Year of Death:
n/a
Biography:
An attorney and judge, Anna Diggs Taylor was the first African-American woman appointed to a federal judgeship in Michigan and later became the first African-American woman to be named chief federal judge in the Eastern District of Michigan. Taylor has used her positions to advance civil rights throughout the United States.
Born Anna Katherine Johnston in 1932 in Washington, D.C., Taylor grew up in a household in which politics and civil rights were highly valued. Her parents sent her to private school in Massachusetts because they felt she needed a greater challenge than the local schools provided. She graduated in 1950 from Northfield School for Girls in Massachusetts and then enrolled at Barnard College where she earned a B.A. in Economics. She entered Yale University Law School and earned her law degree in 1957. After graduation she could not find a job in a private law firm due to the prejudices against African Americans and women. She found work as a solicitor for the Department of Labor, working under J. Ernest Wilkins, the first African American to hold a sub-cabinet post in the United States government. In 1960 Taylor married United States Representative Charles Diggs, Jr., and she moved to Detroit.
After moving to Detroit, Taylor worked for a year as an assistant county prosecutor in Wayne County. In 1964 she spent the summer in Mississippi as part of the National Lawyers Guild civil rights program to provide legal services for civil rights activists, arriving on the day that three civil rights workers disappeared in Philadelphia, Mississippi. When Taylor and other attorneys went to the sheriff's office to ask about the disappearance they were surrounded by a crowd of angry whites, who hurled racial epithets at Taylor and her companions. In 1966 Taylor became assistant United States attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan.
After the birth of her daughter, she worked managing her husband's Detroit office until their divorce in 1971. From 1970 to 1975 she was a partner in the law firm Zwerdling, Mauer, Diggs, and Papp. In 1976 she married S. Martin Taylor. Taylor became active in politics, helping Coleman Young in his 1973 campaign and Jimmy Carter in his 1976 victory. After Young's election, Taylor was named special counsel to the City of Detroit and then in 1975 accepted the full time position as assistant corporation counsel for the city. She successfully defended new city policies that established affirmative action hiring practices and outlawed discrimination in two private yacht clubs located on city-owned Belle Isle. Taylor became the first African-American women named to a Michigan federal court on November 15, 1979, when she was sworn in as a federal judge to the U.S. District Court for the Eastren District of Michigan. In 1997 she became the first African-American woman to be named chief judge of Eastern District of the United States District Court. In 1998 Taylor stepped down as chief judge in order to reduce her workload. She continued to serve as a senior federal judge.
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DAAHP@wayne.edu
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posted on
08/23/2006 2:57:28 PM PDT
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: Irene Adler
If you can find one and demonstrate the wisdom of his/her decisions, don't hesitate to let me know. :)
To: jazusamo; Congressman Billybob; Cboldt; ken5050; onyx; Brilliant; patton
"this judge should quietly be asked to retire by her peers. She is not only incompetent but unethical and I would think federal judges should police their own."
Quietly asked by her peers? How about vociferously impeached by her Citizen-Employers?
Judges police their own? Heard of Gramsci? The corrupt COVER for their own.
/rant OFF
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posted on
08/23/2006 7:48:55 PM PDT
by
The Spirit Of Allegiance
(Public Employees: Honor Your Oaths! Defend the Constitution from Enemies--Foreign and Domestic!)
To: Congressman Billybob
That is the problem.
Judges are not supposed to make laws.
This is supposed to be the job of the legislatures.
If the Legislative Branch does not have the guts to stand up to the Judicial Branch, abolish the Legislative Branch because they are not needed.
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posted on
08/23/2006 7:53:00 PM PDT
by
sport
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