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Last year, U.S. District Chief Judge Richard Cebull, an appointee of George W. Bush, was caught sending a racist email about President Obama from his courthouse chambers. At the time, Cebull, Montanas chief federal judge for nearly five years, defended himself by saying the message was not intended by me in any way to become public.
It wasnt long before the Judicial Council of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals opened a misconduct review, and on Friday, we learned that Cebull kept awfully busy disseminating offensive messages to his personal and professional contacts. The Associated Press reported over the weekend:
A former Montana judge who was investigated for forwarding a racist email involving President Barack Obama sent hundreds of other inappropriate messages from his federal email account, according to the findings of a judicial review panel released Friday.
Former U.S. District Judge Richard Cebull sent emails to personal and professional contacts that showed disdain for blacks, Indians, Hispanics, women, certain religious faiths, liberal political leaders, and some emails contained inappropriate jokes about sexual orientation, the Judicial Council of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found.
Many of the emails also related to pending issues that could have come before Cebulls court, such as immigration, gun control, civil rights, health care and environmental issues, the council found in its March 15, 2013, order.
Read more: http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/federal-judge-sent-hundreds-racist-emails
freshwest
(53,661 posts)Skittles
(153,142 posts)I would not trust this guy to judge a chili contest
Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)I think there's a fancy German word for this..
Nika
(546 posts)Which is a German word for pleasure at another's misfortune.
Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)It would almost be worth learning German just to be able to cuss like that.
MADem
(135,425 posts)challenge his ruling if it went against you--couldn't hurt....!
bluestate10
(10,942 posts)can sit on a federal bench is stunning, that he was the chief judge in his circuit is even more unbelievable.
WillyT
(72,631 posts)etherealtruth
(22,165 posts)... an inbred, knuckle dragging racist on the federal bench ... fills one with such confidence in our judiciary
neverforget
(9,436 posts)He was a fucking prick too.
hunter
(38,309 posts)Shit must be deeper than hundreds of emails.
Time to look at his bank accounts and property dealings, eh?