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Secret discipline of $150,000-a-year DUI judge 'could take two years'
Southtown Star (Chicago) ^ | January 25, 2009 | KIM JANSSEN

Posted on 02/20/2009 6:29:17 PM PST by elkfersupper

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1 posted on 02/20/2009 6:29:17 PM PST by elkfersupper
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A corrupt judge in Chicago? Who’da thought?


2 posted on 02/20/2009 6:30:47 PM PST by Da Coyote
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To: Da Coyote

Forgot this:

“...McGinnis is “an excellent judge” who is “absolutely morally qualified” to remain on the bench, he said....”

Translation, she’s corrupt, but she’s a democrat.


3 posted on 02/20/2009 6:31:57 PM PST by Da Coyote
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To: elkfersupper
Her attorney, Jeff Aprati, said he had "no idea" the Jan. 20 court date would coincide with Obama's inauguration when he requested the date Nov. 14.

Let me be the first to call B.S.

4 posted on 02/20/2009 6:36:46 PM PST by ConservaTexan (February 6, 1911)
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To: bamahead; All

“a cousin of Chicago Mayor Richard Daley,........”


5 posted on 02/20/2009 6:37:04 PM PST by elkfersupper (Member of the Original Defiant Class)
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To: elkfersupper

The family she hit will sue the forkin pants off her.


6 posted on 02/20/2009 6:37:35 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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To: Da Coyote

I’m surprised she wasn’t given a promotion.


7 posted on 02/20/2009 6:39:05 PM PST by CaptainK (...please make it stop. Shake a can of pennies at it.)
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To: elkfersupper

Try living in this sh**hole State for a year. You’ll be buying tar and feather futures like there’s no tomorrow.


8 posted on 02/20/2009 6:40:31 PM PST by Lurker (The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
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I’m surprised she wasn’t given a promotion.

Once you are a black-robed gangster, there really is no promotion - only increased scrutiny.

9 posted on 02/20/2009 6:42:55 PM PST by elkfersupper (Member of the Original Defiant Class)
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To: Lurker
Try living in this sh**hole State for a year. You’ll be buying tar and feather futures like there’s no tomorrow.

The proper application of tar and feathers requires a mob of like and right-minded individuals.

I don't know where to find that mob in today's USA.

10 posted on 02/20/2009 6:45:52 PM PST by elkfersupper (Member of the Original Defiant Class)
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"Just one, Robert D. Law, who allegedly was involved in three drunken-driving incidents, was censured, in 1974."

Which is what, a stern talking to??? What the hell is a "censure"???? Throw the criminals in jail.

11 posted on 02/20/2009 6:46:39 PM PST by rednesss (Fred Thompson - 2008)
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Did anyone watch the HBO series John Adams?? The scene in there with the tarring and feathering put a smile on my face. I could think of quite a few people who need this treatment.


12 posted on 02/20/2009 6:48:22 PM PST by rednesss (Fred Thompson - 2008)
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What the hell is a "censure"????

If you're any sort of high-level government employee, it means that your co-workers say "Don't get caught doing that again."

13 posted on 02/20/2009 6:50:39 PM PST by elkfersupper (Member of the Original Defiant Class)
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These drunk drivers who have such a casual attitude about their antics tend to make me think something along the lines of “hope no innocent person gets hurt as a result of your irresponsibility”; but if there has to be an accident because of these jerks, I sincerely hope it’s a one-vehicle accident involving just the driver.”


14 posted on 02/20/2009 6:58:18 PM PST by Twinkie (WHAT ABOUT SOME MSM FAIRNESS?)
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Define "Drunk".

The reason I posted this is that there is a judge sentencing other people to jail for driving around with alcohol on their breath who got caught in the same nonsensical trap.

15 posted on 02/20/2009 7:02:20 PM PST by elkfersupper (Member of the Original Defiant Class)
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"The family she hit will sue the forkin pants off her."

And in typical Chicago fashion, some judge will throw it out on a technicality.

16 posted on 02/20/2009 7:07:51 PM PST by ChicagahAl (Don't blame me. I voted for Sarah.)
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I’m curious what kind of penalties ordinary people get who appear before these Chicago judges on DUI charges.


17 posted on 02/20/2009 7:16:24 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: elkfersupper

Drunk is where the blood alcohol level is at a standard above legal. Generally, the person doesn’t even get stopped unless they’re driving erratically or obviously drunk. - We need to just drink Cokes during the day and wait until we get home where we don’t plan on driving to have alcohol. . and even then, we don’t need, logically speaking, to drink like a fish as we might have to drive someone to the hospital and not have the judgment to call an ambulance if we’re impaired. Having alcohol on your breath surely isn’t grounds for a fine or jail time unless there’s a breathalizer test to measure blood alcohol levels.
And yes, some way to measure has to be used, sadly.


18 posted on 02/20/2009 7:34:14 PM PST by Twinkie (WHAT ABOUT SOME MSM FAIRNESS?)
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To: elkfersupper
Secret discipline

Sounds like a porno flick.

19 posted on 02/20/2009 7:52:16 PM PST by Right Wing Assault (What's Obama's Secret?)
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To: elkfersupper

Laws For Thee, But Not For Me


20 posted on 02/20/2009 8:06:10 PM PST by an amused spectator (Obama: Beware of geeks bearing grifts)
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