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Judge orders Miller documents released (Murkowski Judicial Appointee)
ADN ^ | 10/23/2010 | by Kyle Hopkins

Posted on 10/23/2010 6:17:52 PM PDT by library user

~ EXCERPT ~

FAIRBANKS -- A judge ruled today that the Fairbanks North Star Borough must release personnel records of Senate candidate Joe Miller.

In an unusual Saturday hearing, retired Superior Court Judge Winston Burbank ruled that the public's right to know about candidates outweighed Miller's right to privacy.

Burbank ordered no release until at least Tuesday, however, to allow Miller to appeal the decision to the Alaska Supreme Court. Some of the documents will be redacted, he said.

The case was brought by a group of Alaska news media organizations, who have been trying since summer to see borough documents concerning Miller's employment as a part-time borough attorney.

Miller, the Republican nominee, fought the release, arguing that any release of personnel records violated his privacy rights

Among the documents being sought are details of his resignation from the job last year, and any disciplinary actions taken against him while employed. Separate lawsuits were brought by the Alaska Dispatch and Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. The Daily News and Associated Press joined, and the suits were combined. Among the arguments for release was that the state Supreme Court, in earlier cases, has ruled that candidates for office expose their private lives to public scrutiny.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Politics/Elections; US: Alaska
KEYWORDS: 2010midterms; 2010senate; ak; alaska; birthcertificate; certifigate; election2010; enemedia; gloriesofcommunism; hypocrisy; hypocriticalcommies; joemiller; judicialcorruption; naturalborncitizen; obama; obamarecords; obamunism; palin; stalinism; winstonburbank
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To: Macgedos
Yes , since no other judge would touch this stink bomb , the resorted to a retired judge who was appointed by her daddy . The smell is getting stronger by the hour .
121 posted on 10/23/2010 9:18:00 PM PDT by fantom (,)
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To: FrankR

Retired judges often serve as “senior” judges after retirement, even in federal courts.


122 posted on 10/23/2010 9:22:17 PM PDT by EDINVA
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To: FlingWingFlyer

A mark of a corrupt, tyrannical regime is when the regime personnel apply laws to their opponents but not to their allies. Anti-Soviet, er, Obama thought soon to be a felony. Anti-Bush thought to be rewarded.

I never thought I’d see the day the USA was so corrupt as it is now.


123 posted on 10/23/2010 9:22:56 PM PDT by OldArmy52 (Obama & the "Dem Party" have proved America is ready for Fascism/Socialism.)
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To: library user

Claim the Obama exemption.


124 posted on 10/23/2010 9:23:10 PM PDT by TASMANIANRED (Liberals are educated above their level of intelligence.. Thanks Sr. Angelica)
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To: library user

All I got to say is WTF?


125 posted on 10/23/2010 9:37:25 PM PDT by jarofants
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To: library user
Very late to the fray! Spent the day and evening with a bunch of Florida Freepers! What a bunch!!!!

Now that this judge has ruled that Miller "must" show his records, is there a judge or the same "retired" judge, that will rule that Bowrama "must" show his birth certificate and other pertinent records? This ruling could very well work in our favor.....

126 posted on 10/23/2010 9:46:09 PM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (I miss President Bush greatly! Palin in 2012! 2012 - The End Of An Error! (Oathkeeper))
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To: nutmeg

This needs to be shouted out loud to the voters in Alaska. Do they want to re-elect slime/sore loser Lisa to represent them?


127 posted on 10/23/2010 9:46:26 PM PDT by ExTexasRedhead (YEAH, I ALREADY VOTED TO CLEAN THE SEWER!!!)
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To: EDINVA
Well, that sucks.

Is that just in the capacity of a consultant, or can they make binding rulings?
128 posted on 10/23/2010 9:46:59 PM PDT by FrankR (You are only obligated to obama to the extent you accept his handouts.)
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To: library user
Burbank: "the bulk of his practice was personal injury law.."

There you go, a John Edwards-type lawyer, a bloodsucking ambulance-chaser in bed with Barack Obama, the patron saint of ambulance-chasers..

129 posted on 10/23/2010 9:47:23 PM PDT by cookcounty (Dec 31st is coming: .....Stop Obama's Midnight Jack-Up!)
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To: library user
In an unusual Saturday hearing, retired Superior Court Judge Winston Burbank ruled that the public's right to know about candidates outweighed Miller's right to privacy.

I'll tell you what - there better be a law on the books in Alaska stating that the public has a right to know private stuff about candidates, because, otherwise, this is just another example of a judge who has forgotten that it is his job and duty to apply the LAW, not whatever whimsical fantasy he has making his leg tingle. I'm sick of these judges pulling policy out of their rear ends and acting as if the public needs to treat it like the Word of God. If it ain't in the law, then it is none of the judge's damn business.
130 posted on 10/23/2010 9:47:50 PM PDT by fr_freak
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To: montag813
"Looks like the Alaska cabal is doing to Miller what they did to Palin in 2008

Same playbook.

Remember that the "Trooper firing" investigation was headed by a guy who just happened to be the head of the Obama campaign in Alaska.

And the lovely American Press Corps had no curiousity about this sitauation at all.

131 posted on 10/23/2010 9:55:40 PM PDT by cookcounty (Dec 31st is coming: .....Stop Obama's Midnight Jack-Up!)
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To: library user

Judges of the Left’s “living constitution” are now fixing elections for Democrats. We are in deep trouble.


132 posted on 10/23/2010 9:58:23 PM PDT by SaraJohnson
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To: cookcounty

Miller should be able to appeal and delay this decision until after the election. Depends if he is a real Republican or a Rino.


133 posted on 10/23/2010 9:59:50 PM PDT by SaraJohnson
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To: All
Hey Obama, get your damn operatives away from Miller, and ugh, er, while you're at it, Free Up your Long Form Birth Certificate and your other bonafides. Some day they'll all come to light. I bet you can't wait. I can. . . looking forward to it. .
134 posted on 10/23/2010 10:00:01 PM PDT by Art in Idaho (Conservatism is the only hope for Western Civilization.)
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To: STARWISE
"District Court Judge Winston Burbank plans to retire in August 2009 to join the board of directors of the U.S. Figure Skating Association.”

Which is located in Colorado (2 blocks NW of the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, to be precise).

135 posted on 10/23/2010 10:02:38 PM PDT by cookcounty (Dec 31st is coming: .....Stop Obama's Midnight Jack-Up!)
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To: diji
This explains a helluva lot about why we’re up against what we’re up against.....

Well said. It's Tyranny. This election is just our first step in Revolution II. If we don't keep up the momentum, it may be our last election.

136 posted on 10/23/2010 10:03:53 PM PDT by Art in Idaho (Conservatism is the only hope for Western Civilization.)
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To: library user

This is how that they got Ryan out of 0bama’s way in the US-Sen race.


137 posted on 10/23/2010 10:17:34 PM PDT by Lou Budvis (Refudiate 0bama '12)
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To: FrankR

Retired/Senior judges tend to sit on less complex, less time-consuming cases. And this judge doesn’t seem to have spent that much time coming to this ruling (yes, they can make rulings ... then it’s off to the appellate level).

Funny thing, it’s the exact opposite of reasoning of the judge in the Lakin court martial case who said Lakin couldn’t have the discovery he wants because it could be embarrassing to the POTUS.

I can see this being overturned because personnel records, like medical records, have become sacrosanct.


138 posted on 10/23/2010 10:29:10 PM PDT by EDINVA
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To: Bushbacker1
"This ruling could very well work in our favor....."

uh, you might want to re-think that one.... do you really expect that the Mediascum and the Demagogues believe in honesty, reciprocity, and fairness?
139 posted on 10/23/2010 10:32:16 PM PDT by Enchante (De-fund the agitprop twits of NPR, PBS, and CPB now!!)
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To: EDINVA

Thanks for enlightening me on this process...interesting.


140 posted on 10/23/2010 10:32:30 PM PDT by FrankR (You are only obligated to obama to the extent you accept his handouts.)
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