Posted on 08/05/2010 5:29:24 PM PDT by Kaslin
Journalism: Funny how practically no one knew that Judge Vaughn Walker was openly homosexual before his seismic ruling Wednesday. Why was such an obvious predisposition worth so little media attention?
All federal judges must swear they "will faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent upon me ... so help me God." But can a judge given the opportunity to knock down a law that declared homosexual marriages invalid be impartial when he himself is openly homosexual?
That question should have been part of the public discourse over the high-profile trial in U.S. District Court in San Francisco regarding California's Proposition 8, the California Marriage Protection Act, enshrined in the state constitution by a 2008 ballot initiative. But it was not part of the debate.
It wasn't that Judge Walker's orientation wasn't known. "The biggest open secret in the landmark trial over same-sex marriage being heard in San Francisco is that the federal judge who will decide the case, Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker, is himself gay," the San Francisco Chronicle noted back in February.
It was just treated as the issue that dare not speak its name.
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That should negate his decision. He ruled with prejudice. In fact, he should be disbarred for violating his oath of office.
I would have expected this (conflict of interest alleged and motion to recuse made) to be brought up in opening motions so that it could come up in an appeal. If a motion or objection wasn’t made, it’s tougher to get an appellate court to bring up the matter.
They bothered to look that 25 year old factoid up but somehow missed his open homosexuality.
He should have recused himself.
Nobody asks for that, but in sane countries they do ask that one party vouches for being male and the other party vouches for being female.
HE was appointed by Bush elder ... I’m sure he knew of Walker’s faggotry and bizarre legal ideology.
Day in history August 4, 1944
1944 - Nazi police discovered Anne Frank and her family, hiding in secret quarters above her father’s factory in Amsterdam, Holland. Miss Frank was 13 years old and had kept a diary of her feelings, thoughts and fears during the two years of hiding from the Nazis. Anne and her sister were taken to a concentration camp following the arrest. Anne Frank died at Bergen-Belsen. Her diary was found later and has since been translated into 30 different languages, adapted as a dramatic play and a Hollywood film. Her diary is a symbol of the strength of the human spirit. She wrote: “I keep on trying to find a way of becoming what I would like to be and what I could be, if there weren’t any other people living in the world.”
You mean the same guy who appointed David Souter?
The democrats screamed bloody murder when Reagan nominated him, and he withdrew. Ironic.
Recusal, anybody?
Like THAT is going to happen. There is no such thing as an unbiased liberal. When it comes to liberal issues, liberals have their minds made up before they hear the first argument.
Only a whacko would believe two men could marry...
Judge Walker is a dipsh6t with a less than mediocre mind but you can’t disqualify judges based on where willy or wilma cozies up. Everybody cozies up somewhere.
How did HE get this issue to rule on, and why did this come before him, anyway?
I don’t get it - what does Anne Frank have to do with this article???
What is the appeal process to vacate the judges ruling on the grounds that he wasn’t impartial to the issue under adjudication?
But he didn't, and he knew what the hell he was doing because he tried to get cameras in his courtroom but that ruling was shot down by the USSC.
He wanted cameras in there because he wanted this show trial to become a national spectacle, with himself playing the leading role. He wanted the whole country to see just what sort of wonton disregard he has for the rule of law, the will of the people and the U.S. Constitution.
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