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Roberts refers judicial misconduct complaints against Kavanaugh to federal appeals court in Colorado
The Washington Post ^ | 10 OCT 2018 | Ann E. Marimow and Tom Hamburger

Posted on 10/10/2018 5:25:16 PM PDT by tkocur

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. on Wednesday referred more than a dozen judicial misconduct complaints filed recently against Brett M. Kavanaugh to a federal appeals court in Colorado.

The 15 complaints, related to statements Kavanaugh made during his Senate confirmation hearings, were initially filed with the federal appeals court in Washington, where Kavanaugh served for the last 12 years before his confirmation Saturday to the Supreme Court.

The allegations center on whether Kavanaugh was dishonest and lacked judicial temperament during his Senate testimony, according to people familiar with the matter.

Last month, a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit asked Roberts to refer the complaints to another appeals court for review after determining that they should not be handled by judges who served with Kavanaugh on the D.C. appellate court.

In a letter Wednesday to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, Roberts said he selected the court in Colorado to “accept the transfer and to exercise the powers of a judicial council with respect to the identified complaints and any pending or new complaints relating to the same subject matter.”

[D.C. Circuit sent complaints about Kavanaugh’s testimony to Chief Justice Roberts]

The Denver-based appeals court is led by Chief Judge Timothy M. Tymkovich, the former solicitor general of Colorado who was nominated to the bench by President George W. Bush. The 10th Circuit handled another recent judicial misconduct case from Washington involving the former chief judge of the District Court.

It is unclear what will come of the review by the 10th Circuit. The judiciary’s rules on misconduct do not apply to Supreme Court justices, and the 10th Circuit could decide to dismiss the complaints as moot now that Kavanaugh has joined the high court.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Government; US: Colorado; US: District of Columbia
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1 posted on 10/10/2018 5:25:16 PM PDT by tkocur
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To: tkocur

How queer

The timing is suspicious


2 posted on 10/10/2018 5:27:09 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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To: tkocur

Roberts is Deep State, isn’t he?


3 posted on 10/10/2018 5:29:47 PM PDT by madison10
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To: tkocur

After his Obamacare vote, I will NEVER trust Roberts. NEVER.


4 posted on 10/10/2018 5:31:02 PM PDT by originalbuckeye ('In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act'- George Orwell)
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To: tkocur

No information on the identity of complainants.


5 posted on 10/10/2018 5:31:32 PM PDT by chief lee runamok (mongrel at large)
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To: a fool in paradise
Roberts is suspicious.

Don't forget the legal contortions he performed in order to foist Obamacare on the American People.

6 posted on 10/10/2018 5:32:08 PM PDT by Savage Beast (A fool is more dangerous than a scoundrel. Fools are the tools of the scoundrels.)
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To: a fool in paradise

This is the left doing. File complaints and hope it sticks or at least has the appearance of corruption so as to maybe impeach him if they take the House or bare minimum have a ‘see we told you so’ that he’s corrupt and must have a asterisk


7 posted on 10/10/2018 5:32:10 PM PDT by Bigtigermike
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To: madison10

No. He did the right thing.


8 posted on 10/10/2018 5:33:08 PM PDT by Mr. Lucky
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To: tkocur

Who has standing to file the complaints?

Who filed the complaints?


9 posted on 10/10/2018 5:33:20 PM PDT by Paladin2
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>> should not be handled by judges who served with Kavanaugh on the D.C. appellate court.

Afraid of the Democrat thugs


10 posted on 10/10/2018 5:33:47 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: tkocur

my initial reaction is to laugh....Too late :)


11 posted on 10/10/2018 5:33:51 PM PDT by gdc61
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To: tkocur

Who is this bone head?


12 posted on 10/10/2018 5:34:17 PM PDT by grimalkin (You cannot subsidize irresponsibility and expect people to become more responsible. - T. Sowell)
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To: Bigtigermike
Yes, it's pretty vile.

We want to make sure WE never do anything like this to the "loyal opposition", because we're BETTER THAN THAT, right?

13 posted on 10/10/2018 5:34:41 PM PDT by daler
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To: tkocur

He should have filed them in the trash.


14 posted on 10/10/2018 5:35:09 PM PDT by John W (Trump/Pence 2020)
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To: Bigtigermike

Roberts is comprised they have something very big on him. He totally reversed himself on Obongo care.


15 posted on 10/10/2018 5:35:09 PM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: grimalkin

Are there any “journalists” more biased than Tom “should be” Hamburger and Anne Marimow?


16 posted on 10/10/2018 5:35:57 PM PDT by jyo19
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To: tkocur

A harmless move, as there is no way a lower court could bind SCOTUS to anything.


17 posted on 10/10/2018 5:36:15 PM PDT by thoughtomator (Number of arrested coup conspirators to date: 1)
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To: tkocur

“filed recently”


18 posted on 10/10/2018 5:38:13 PM PDT by morphing libertarian (Use Comey's Report; Indict Hillary now. --- Proud Smelly Walmart Deplorable)
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To: thoughtomator

Nice to know. Thanks.


19 posted on 10/10/2018 5:38:23 PM PDT by originalbuckeye ('In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act'- George Orwell)
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To: tkocur

“and the 10th Circuit could decide to dismiss the complaints as moot now that Kavanaugh has joined the high court.”

If I’m reading this right, Roberts punted this matter to the 10th Circuit who can’t do squat about this. The keyword is “moot.”

Looks good to me, but prepare the fainting couches for all the FR weenies who are about to pile into this thread and declare that we’re DOOOOMED!


20 posted on 10/10/2018 5:38:48 PM PDT by sergeantdave (Teach a man to fish and he'll steal your gear and sell it)
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