Posted on 06/04/2016 2:59:41 PM PDT by Trumpinator
June 04, 2016, 12:55 pm
Former attorney general: Trump right to question judge’s fairness
By Mark Hensch
Former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales says Donald Trump is right to challenge the fairness a judge overseeing lawsuits against him.
“An independent judiciary is extremely important. But that value is not the only one in play here,” Gonzales wrote in a Saturday op-ed for The Washington Post.
"Equally important, if not more important from my perspective as a former judge and U.S. attorney general, is a litigant’s right to a fair trial,” he continued.
“The protection of that right is a primary reason why our Constitution provides for an independent judiciary. If judges and the trials over which they preside are not perceived as impartial, the public will quickly lose interest in the rule of law upon which our nation is based.” Trump on Thursday said U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel’s Hispanic ethnicity is “an absolute conflict” in three civil fraud lawsuits against the billionaire.
He said Curiel’s “Mexican heritage” makes him partial because of Trump’s calls for a wall along America’s southern border with Mexico.
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
Trump has insisted that he is not against Mexican-Americans and expects to do very well with Mexican-American voters; he says he is only against illegal aliens. The judge was born in Indiana and spent most of his career prosecuting Mexican border-jumpers and drug smugglers. So where is the bias?
...and your evidence for those allegations is?
The judge has taken an oath to uphold the constitution
The judge is on a committee that award scholarships to ILLEGALS immigrants
La Raza who the judge has a relationship goal is to “return” American land to Mexico The law group he is a member of provides legal services to the undocumented
It appears the judges behavior is in conflict with the oath to uphold the constitution!
IMO he should be removed not only from the case but from the practice of law
TRUMP exposes all the kaulifornia judges supporting La Rasa.
Try looking here:
http://docs.dpaq.de/4749-r41576.pdf
if it’s not there, try this:
http://archives.republicans.foreignaffairs.house.gov/110/38543.pdf
He knows damn well this entire "lawsuit" by NY AG Schneiderman -- and the selection of this La Raza judge -- is a scam and a fraud. "Litigation strategy" is irrelevant. the only thing to do is attack the entire system as corrupt and attack to destroy.
La Raza is a racial supremacist group. There is no comparison.
The judge is suspect in the leaks of the TRUMP case.
TRUMP has cause to change judges, and the Mexican LA RAZA nudge already should have refused himself. This is a set up.
Auto spell is a nuisance. Sorry.
You can read this and determine if you see any evidence that he might be biased against Trump and stances Trump has taken concerning illegal aliens and illegal entry at our southern border.
Active in the La Raza Lawyers of San Diego and active in working for the interests of the Hispanic community. On a selection board that awarded scholarships to Hispanics, recent arrivals and at least one of whom was "undocumented". Fine with him if illegals attend US universities. Sounds like something of an Hispanic activist.
La Raza Lawyers of San Diego told TheDC in a statement Wednesday. “We help empower Latino attorneys, judges and law students, and provide services to the greater local Latino community.”
No details on what those 'services" are. Probably needed.
Judge Presiding Over Trump University Case Is Member Of La Raza Lawyers Group [VIDEO]
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source: http://sdlrla.com/for-the-community/
If Trump really thinks that being a Mexican, donation to Clinton and being an immigration advocate disqualifies a judge, he is wrong.”
Do you have any idea how retarded you sound?
All illegals should be deported on sight. Cuff ‘em and stuff ‘em. Let them come back legally if they can, but with so many being human filth... f those bitches.
La Raza Lawyers of San Diego is a signatory to the Southern Border Communities Coalition.
The Southern Border Communities Coalition issued a 2010 Policy Report of their recommendations to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection. One of the groups which produced the report is No Border Wall.
https://sites.google.com/site/borderstakeholderforum/stakeholders
Other reports: https://sites.google.com/site/borderstakeholderforum/policy-reports
Why is the legal group called LA RAZA in the first place since it means “THE RACE”? I would think that a group of educated lawyers would pick a less ethnocentric racist name just out of caution.
Point taken. It would be like an Indiana law group taking the name “ The Clan”. Then pointing out it’s with a C not a K.
Since the KKK had a strong historical footprint in the Indiana legal profession in the 1940-50 it would be assumed to be linked.
Those who think Trump is overreaching are those who think we ought to wait just a little bit longer to see if they really do want to rule us with an iron fist - just be quiet and don't make waves.....If we had a lot more Donald Trumps (the man, not the billionaire) in this nation, the government would not have been stepping on the necks of the People like they do today.
I see Fox is admitting, though minimizing, the la raza connection, while it pushes the “you shouldn’t question a judge based on race” meme.
I’m really impressed by how they’ve gotten Alberto Gonzalez to validate Trump’s concerns while still making it look like his problem is race.
“Oh, ah, we don’t know if there’s any connection between ‘la raza’ the legal group, and ‘la raza’ the radical leftist separatist group.”
Lord I hate these people.
Your link in #91 also lists voter registration as an activity of the La Raza Lawyers of SD. Who believes that is restricted to registration of US citizens?
And the links provided on the right hand side include MALDEF and the National Council of La Raza and an impressive lists of organizations, many of which aid illegal aliens and advocate open borders and no effective immigration law enforcement.
One could question whether this judge should even be a federal judge, let alone a judge hearing a trial involving Trump. He’s full bore associating with the identity politics organizations that advocate for Hispanics, and certainty don’t advocate strict enforcement of US law.
The judge is a racist. He is a member of La Raza. He has to be exposed for exactly what he is. He could have only been appointed by a racist democrat which he was because Obama appointed him.
> He’s full bore associating with the identity politics organizations that advocate for Hispanics, and certainty don’t advocate strict enforcement of US law.
Code of Conduct for United States Judges
Canon 2: A Judge Should Avoid Impropriety and the Appearance of Impropriety in all Activities
(A) Respect for Law. A judge should respect and comply with the law and should act at all times in a manner that promotes public confidence in the integrity and impartiality of the judiciary.
(B) Outside Influence. A judge should not allow family, social, political, financial, or other relationships to influence judicial conduct or judgment. A judge should neither lend the prestige of the judicial office to advance the private interests of the judge or others nor convey or permit others to convey the impression that they are in a special position to influence the judge. A judge should not testify voluntarily as a character witness.
(C) Nondiscriminatory Membership. A judge should not hold membership in any organization that practices invidious discrimination on the basis of race, sex, religion, or national origin.
http://www.uscourts.gov/judges-judgeships/code-conduct-united-states-judges
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