And no one get me wrong here. Any person who is not an American citizen who is even suspected of having terrorist ties should be deported immediately.
That is " Clinton appointed federal judge Shira Scheindlin" to you ...
Yes this country is now seeing the seeds sown by X42. After all you can't expect a man to tell the truth about.....when he has to protect the ........ of others.
Surely this is a stretch. The "authors" (founding fathers) could not have believed that the "people" should be forever secure. Maybe the authors beleived "citizens" should be secure, but certainly not potential terrorists, terrorists or mass murderers. There is a perverse and malevalent lack of common sense in this era of weapons of mass destruction this judge exemplifies, that, unless corrected, will result in mass casulties.
Like it or not, Ozzie and Harriet are gone and America's enemies have access to powerful, miniature weapons. We have to deal with that, and non-citizens should be well treated guests but should not have unfettered, anonymous access to our infrastructure.
We can maintain our moral high ground as the country that grants all kinds of rights to illegal aliens but there will eventually be a price to pay.
It does not allow Ashcroft to detain any person, without charges, for as long as he likes.
Ashcroft should try obeying the law, if he wants to distinguish himself from his predecessor (which he hasn't so far.)
Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse
500 Pearl Street, Room 1050
New York, New York 10007-1312
(212) 805-0246
Courtroom 12C
Deputy (212) 805-0120
The President today announced the nomination of Diana E. Murphy to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. The President also named the following two individuals to serve on the federal district bench: Dominic J. Squatrito for the District of Connecticut and Shira A. Scheindlin for the Southern District of New York.
"These nominees have demonstrated outstanding legal ability and a commitment to justice for all," the President said. "I am sure they will be of great service to our Nation's courts."
Diana E. Murphy, 60, currently serves as Chief Judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota.
Ms. Murphy began her legal career as an associate with the Minneapolis law firm of Lindquist & Vennum. From 1976 to 1978, she served as Hennepin County Municipal Judge and from 1978 to 1980, she served as a Judge for the Minnesota District Court.
In 1980, President Carter appointed Diana Murphy to serve on the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota. She has been Chief Judge since 1992. She is past president of the Federal Judges Association and past chair of the board of the American Judicature Society. She currently serves on the boards of the Federal Judicial Center and the Federal Judges Association.
Ms. Murphy earned a B.A. degree from the University of Minnesota. She also studied at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Germany on a Fulbright Scholarship and pursued graduate studies in history at the University of Minnesota. Murphy received a J.D. degree from the University of Minnesota Law School. Murphy and her husband, Joseph E. Murphy, Jr., have two sons and live in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Upon confirmation, she would become the first woman to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. The Eighth Circuit has 11 judgeships and hears cases from Arkansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota.
Dominic J. Squatrito, 55, has practiced law with the Manchester, Connecticut firm of Phelon, Squatrito, Fitzgerald, Dyer & Wood since 1966. He is a former President of the Manchester Bar Association and a former Chief Counsel for the Connecticut State Senate. Mr. Squatrito received a B.A. degree from Wesleyan College and a J.D. degree from Yale Law School. He and his wife, Carla Squatrito, have two children.
Shira A. Scheindlin, 47, is a partner with the Manhattan law firm of Herzfeld & Rubin. Prior to joining that firm, she was a partner with the firm of Budd Larner Gross Rosenbaum Greenberg & Sade. Previously, Ms. Scheindlin served as a U.S. Magistrate Judge and as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York. She received a B.A. degree from the University of Michigan, an M.A. degree from Columbia University, and a J.D. degree from Cornell Law School.
She said the agents repeatedly made a show of force by telling him he could not drive his own car, refused to let him inside his apartment, ordered him to keep a door open as he urinated and engaged in a “flagrant violation of the Fourth Amendment” by repeatedly frisking him.
Moreover, she said, one agent even threatened to “tear up” the apartment during a search.
Scheindlin’s ruling followed a February hearing in which federal agents and Awadallah testified about the circumstances of his arrest.
Reading this, it seems to me that it was the FBI who blew this one… but that’s no big surprise. The judge may be a Klintoon flack but I tend to agree that she is most likely right in here legal interpretation and is the FBI who we should be pointing the fingers at.