Judge Rules In Favor Of Wilson In Civil Rights Commission Case

CNSNews.com ^ | 2/04/02 | Melanie Hunter

[anton]

More about the judge:

8/2000 "Three federal judges appointed by President Clinton took a lawsuit filed by Linda Tripp away from a Reagan appointee, and the case was reassigned by computer to one of the three, court records show. The three, Emmet G. Sullivan, Paul L. Friedman and Gladys Kessler, run the calendar committee that controls the docket at the U.S. District Courthouse. "

[Politico2]

Sorry I misread and jumped to the end... A Clinton AND Carter appointee.

[VinnyTex]

Chambers:  (202) 354-3440

Judge Gladys KesslerJudge Kessler was appointed to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in July 1994.  She received a B.A. from Cornell University and an LL.B. from Harvard Law School.  Following graduation, Judge Kessler was employed by the National Labor Relations Board, served as Legislative Assistant to a U.S. Senator and a U.S. Congressman, worked for the New York City Board of Education, and then opened a public interest law firm.  In June 1977, she was appointed Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.  From 1981 to 1985, Judge Kessler served as Presiding Judge of the Family Division and was a major architect of one of the nation?s first Multi-Door Courthouses.  She served as President of the National Association of Women Judges from 1983 to 1984, and now serves on the Executive Committee of the ABA?s Conference of Federal Trial Judges and the U.S. Judicial Conference's Committee on Court Administration and Management.

[Marysecretary]

From Cornell, huh? What a bummer!

[QuestionBureaucracy]

Perhaps the administration will reconsider including $9 million in its budget request for the commission. Either way its time to watch what happens in the appropriations committees.

[KC_Conspirator]

Who the hell did she work for in Congress? This is an effin outrage! The effin contract states clearly that the recess appointee's end date was last November!!!!! The judge should be impeached. This is nothing short of judicial activism of FL Supreme Court caliber.

[Marysecretary]

Her face exudes such warmth!

[anton]

And more (concerning the navy bomb training area:

In an attempt to stop the bombing, the Commonwealth filed a case in the District Court of Washington, D.C. requesting a temporary restraining order (TRO). The court did not grant the TRO, but Judge Gladys Kessler did instruct the Navy to re-open discussions with the Commonwealth. Judge Kessler also suggested that the bombings be stopped until the results of the University of John’s Hopkins Medical School and the Ponce Medical School health studies are published.

[Marysecretary]

This is why we need conservative judges in our government! Congress should be ashamed of itself for holding up Bush's appointments. This is just WHY they do it.

[kcvl]

The Clintons didn't fill those courts with "their" appointees for nothing.

The matter is already before a judge, with both sides submitting papers to U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler and hoping for a ruling shortly after January 14, when final briefs are due. Kessler is a Clinton appointee. But the strength of Kirsanow's case may see him through. Last month, the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service backed the White House view that Wilson's term has expired and the seat belongs to Kirsanow. No matter how Kessler rules, however, the case probably won't be settled except on appeal.

[anton]

From Bob Novak:

Four days after the House briefly debated rival campaign finance reform bills that both overlooked the AFL-CIO's political excesses, Big Labor got another break. A Clinton-appointed federal judge last Monday blocked the Federal Election Commission from its scheduled release the next day of thousands of documents that neither the union nor the Democratic National Committee wants made public. This is evidence from the notorious 1996 national election, for which the Democratic Party and the AFL-CIO joined in questionable practices leading to the re-election of Bill Clinton. The supine FEC last year dismissed a Republican complaint that the party and the labor federation coordinated activities in violation of the law. At issue since then has been investigative files that Democrats and labor complain reveal too much of their political strategies. Their concerns produced last Monday's injunction by U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler of the District of Columbia, whose career is closely tied to liberal-labor Democrats. Unless reversed, her edict would keep evidence out of the hands of congressional and Justice Department investigators until the five-year statute of limitations for embezzlement under the Landrum-Griffin Labor Reform Act expires in November. Labor appears to be getting another free pass.

[DoctorMichael]

The Justice Department said it will appeal the judge's ruling.

Great! So how long will THIS take?

[theophilusscribe]

Time to cut all funding to the Civil Rights Commission. To counteract the political fallout—establish a commission that promotes responsibility and unity within our country. All appointees would then be by Bush, and Peter Kirsanow can chair it. Out with the old, in with the new. We live in a different world than when the Civil Rights Commission was necessary. Etcetera, etcetera, etcetera . . .

[Stirner]

We know how she ruled, but did she explain her reasoning? If the current law is silent on the issue under question, does the benefit of the doubt go to the present squatter? Or does the language of the former law have some weight? Did she conclude that, since Congress removed the former language, they by implication wanted 6 year terms no matter what?

But my real question is, at this level, do Federal judges have to give an explanation of their decisions, or can they just rule without citing a basis for their edicts?

[AmishDude]

Appointed in July 1994 -- Democrat Senate as well.

From Bartleby.com:

We have a responsibility to "make a difference" in the legal system and the administration of justice. My hope is that when historians assess the impact of this early wave of successful women entering all corners of the legal profession, they will not find us wanting.
-- Gladys Kessler, U.S. appellate court judge. As quoted in Fordham Magazine, p. 11 (Spring/Summer 1994).

Allowed tobacco lawsuits to proceed under RICO laws, but rejected "medical costs" arguments. Wouldn't stop bombing at Viequez. But the best is this article by Bob Novak that describes how Kessler blocked the FEC from releasing DNC/union documents from the 1996 election. (The article is July 23, 2001)

From Novak: "U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler of the District of Columbia, whose career is closely tied to liberal-labor Democrats . . ."

[blackdog]

We just need judges who rule on law. Something which has been missing on both sides of the argument for a long, long time. This, and most of what the courts are now doing is just judicial activism. An act IMHO which is impeachment grade stuff.

[grimalkin]

You've got to be kidding me! *shakes head*

[yikes]

This ruling gives me deja vu. Yup, back to the dark days when liberal judges stuck their fingers in our eyes just because they could.

Will be interesting to see what kind of tortured, twisted and sick logic this so-called judge used to justify her ruling.

[yikes]

This ruling gives me deja vu. Yup, back to the dark days when liberal judges stuck their fingers in our eyes just because they could.

Will be interesting to see what kind of tortured, twisted and sick logic this so-called judge used to justify her ruling.

[ObjetD'art]

I wish Bush would just exec order that useless group right out of existence..

agreed! what a wasteful use of taxpayers money..