John Doe investigation halted again after finding that appeal was 'frivolous'

[hue]

Source: The Journal Times

The John Doe investigation into possible illegal coordination between Gov. Scott Walker's campaign and several conservative groups has once again been halted after a federal judge on Thursday dismissed as "frivolous" an interim appeal by the prosecutors in the case.

U.S. District Judge Rudolph Randa issued the decision less than a day after the 7th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in Chicago stayed an earlier ruling ending the secret "John Doe" investigation.

The appeals court said Randa erred in not first deciding whether the emergency appeal — in which prosecutors argued they had sovereign immunity from being sued in their official capacity — was frivolous.

In his ruling Thursday, Randa wrote that he was "absolutely convinced that the defendants' attempt to appeal this issue is a frivolous effort to deprive the court of its jurisdiction to enter an injunction."

The decision reinstates his Tuesday finding that the activity under investigation was legal and protected by the First Amendment.

Read more: http://journaltimes.com/news/local/state-and-regional/2c81e982-bc1f-59f0-b1b4-0350591eb6aa.html

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WI's RW will never give up d/t their extreme paranoia! So deja vu all over again!!

[leftyohiolib]

1. the republican plague acting up

[truebrit71]

2. Someone REALLY doesn't want Scotty to go to on trial...

...is that because he has dirt on them, or because they have big (oval office - big) plans for him?

Either way this couldn't make it any clearer that the system is rotten to the core...

Hopefully this too will be appealed and overturned...

[PeaceNikki]

3. This is getting ridiculous.

[C_U_L8R]

4. Wow the corruption is really showing

I love Republican over-reach - gets 'em every time.

[maxrandb]

5. I'm confused...Is it really like Demi Moore in "A Few Good Men"?

I'm not a lawyer, but it sounds like the 7TH Court of Appeals stayed this guys bullshit ruling (realy a "Get Out Of Jail Free" card).

How can he now "overturn" the 7TH Court of Appeals? and...Do they come back and overturn this?

"I object"

"Over-rulled"

"Objection"

"I've already ruled on your motion"

"Your Honor, the Defense 'strenuously objects"

"Oh, is that how it works? I "Strenuously" Object?

[hue]

6. I really think Judge Randa needs a comptency exam d/t his many erratic rulings.

It seems there are quite a few senior judges that could be evaluated for competency.
Most likely, for example, Reagan had Alzheimer's before he left office. Usually the disease is present and excused by those close to the person before the diagnosis is made.
If one has to retake driver's license exams why not competency exams for judges & others who make high level decisions??

[aggiesal]

7. Wait for it ...

... 7th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in Chicago will overturn this frivolous dismissal as frivolous.

[Botany]

8. U.S. District Judge Rudolph Randa

In 1992, Randa was appointed by President George H. W. Bush to become a federal
district judge in the Eastern District of Wisconsin.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolph_T._Randa

We really do have a shadow government that works for the rich and powerful. Time and
time again we have seen these Federal and Supreme Court Justices work to protect
and enhance republican rule and power.

In Ohio in 2005 three members of the Cuyahoga, County Board of Elections were tried,
convicted, and sentenced for rigging the recount of the 2004 Presidential Election in
Cuyahoga County (Clevleand) but a republican judge cut them all free. These judges
are the PTB's "firewall."

[Gothmog]

9. The 7th Circuit will have another crack at this ruling

The 7th Cir. has reversed this judge before in another political case

The appeals panel consists of Judges Diane Wood, William Bauer and Frank Easterbrook. Wood is the court's chief judge and was appointed by President Bill Clinton in 1995; Easterbrook was appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1985; and Bauer was appointed by President Gerald Ford in 1974. Both Easterbrook and Bauer are former chief judges.

The same three appellate judges seven years ago reversed Randa in another criminal case with strong political overtones.

In April 2007, the panel ruled that state purchasing supervisor Georgia Thompson was wrongly convicted of making sure a state travel contract went to a firm linked to Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle's re-election campaign.

In that case, in which Randa sentenced Thompson to 18 months in prison, Wood called the evidence used to convict Thompson "beyond thin." The panel acted with unusual speed, ordering Thompson's immediate release from prison.

Read more from Journal Sentinel: http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/federal-judge-stops-doe-probe-for-second-time-b99265560z1-258474841.html#ixzz319igJm8C

This judge appears to have a great deal of bias in political cases