Key Bush judge under ethics cloud

[WhiteTara]

the wheels are coming off their tricycle

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/05/03/boyle2/index_np.html

Key Democrats denounced Terrence Boyle on Capitol Hill Monday and Tuesday, after a Salon report revealed that the controversial judge, nominated to one of the nation's highest courts by President Bush, violated federal law on conflicts of interest. As the debate over Boyle heated up, the White House acknowledged that Boyle should have recused himself in cases involving companies in which he owned stock -- but continued its support of the nominee.

Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont, the ranking Democrat of the Judiciary Committee, blasted Boyle on the floor of the Senate Monday, calling him "somebody who has violated every judicial ethic you can think of."

[rodeodance]

1. and our Congress will vote him in no doubt.

[saigon68]

10. Yes Dinos like Limpmann and Biden are presently on their knees

And they are not "PRAYING" either.

[truthisfreedom]

2. this looks like it has legs. i'm voting.

[acmavm]

3. I nominate as well. Judges (and their corruption) are a large part of

what is taking this country down the road to destruction.

[aquart]

4. I'll give you one, too.

Keep the spotlight on the criminals.

Gonna need a lotta spotlights.

[The Backlash Cometh]

5. The ever protectionism of white collar criminals.

Well it never stop?

[Vinca]

6. I'll need to add another tab to my scrapbook of Bush scandals. nt

[DrZeeLit]

7. You go, Leahy! My senator! Bravo! (n/t)

[Uncle Joe]

8. Violated federal law on conflicts of interest?

Move over Scalia, we have a future nominee for Bush's Supreme Court.

[UpInArms]

9. the crap pile of crapweasels only grows with the naming of

additional members of the BFEE.

Sheesh!

[TomInTib]

11. I just love this one...

Leahy called it "chutzpah beyond all understanding" that Boyle, in one case, bought stock in General Electric while presiding over a lawsuit against the company -- and just two months later threw out most of a disability claim against the company. "Now, in the first year of law school you might get an example like this because it is so clear-cut and easy to understand," Leahy said. "This is amazing -- amazing -- notwithstanding all the other conflicts of interest he had in other cases. Whether or not it turns out that Judge Boyle broke federal law or canons of judicial ethics, these types of conflicts of interest have no place on the federal bench."

and this:

The White House will stand by Boyle's nomination, said spokeswoman Jeanie Mamo.

"There were a handful of cases over the years where it appears that recusal was warranted," she told Salon. "These are mistakes that happened to many judges ... Judge Boyle has an excellent reputation for fairness and integrity -- that shouldn't be destroyed by mistakes in a tiny fraction of the thousands of cases on which he has sat."

Mamo called Salon's report "an effort to distract from the merits of his nomination," saying that Boyle "never intentionally participated in any matter in which he should have recused himself."

See? He had no idea. Give the poor guy a break.

[The Witch]

12. as the case over Boyle heated up...

several copy editors groaned in unison at the pun.

:eyes:

[depakid]

13. Sounds like Alito

Wonder whether they'll go ahead and confirm this guy, too?

[JudyM]

14. That's so right. Alito scoffs at rules unless they're in the Bible.

[Ian David]

18. That's NOT true...

they have to be in The King James version of "The" Bible.

[fshrink]

15. The entire administration sits under an ethics cumulonimbus.

[tabasco]

16. The Bush mafia still has 32% support.

I suppose most of them get their "news" from Faux news and Oxy-boy.

Even if they are aware of the utter corruption of the Bush corporate cabal, they say "it's our guys so it's okey dokey."

This is the attitude of brownshirts. They will be loyal to their party even as their party destroys everything good about America.

[tabasco]

17. Has the comprehensive list of Bush corruption been updated?

Somebody posted a list of all scandals associated with the Bush administration.

Does anybody have a link?

[Miss Chybil]

19. And that's what makes him perfect for the job!

Accordng to Bush.

[cascadiance]

20. We need them to look at Reggie Walton too!

With ALL of his financial history redacted, and him not having many cases that he won't dismiss for State Secrets privilege (keep our fingers crossed with Libby, though the Rethugs tried to get him to dismiss it for another technicality earlier).

[spindrifter]

21. Same issue came up during the Alito

confirmation hearings--but did they acknowledge there was an ethics problem? Course not.

[autorank]

22. So impeach the mofo...

I find Leahy to be highly credible. This requires impeachment.

All * judges will be impeached when he's tossed out of office and sufficient demonstration is
provided that he stole 2004. Impeach all * judges.

Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont, the ranking Democrat of the Judiciary Committee, blasted Boyle on the floor of the Senate Monday, calling him "somebody who has violated every judicial ethic you can think of."