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KittyWampus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-13-05 07:29 AM
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Ohio (R.)Chief justice disqualifies entire Cuyahoga County court(Dems)
Algorem posted this in LBN.

PLEASE SEND THIS TO JON STEWART!

7/13/2005, 5:11 a.m. ET
The Associated Press

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — All 34 judges on the Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court have been disqualified by Ohio's chief justice from hearing a lawsuit alleging corruption by the Republican party.

Chief Justice Thomas Moyer said on Tuesday the unusual move was necessary to eliminate any perception of bias by the court system that's dominated by Democrats. Moyer is a Republican.

Moyer said he will appoint a retired visiting judge from outside Cuyahoga County to the case

Moyer ruled in a lawsuit filed on Aug. 2, 2004, by Cuyahoga County Commissioner Timothy Hagan, the 2002 Democratic nominee for governor...



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acmavm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-13-05 07:32 AM
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1. How did this moran make it through law school, or does he have
a correspondence school degree?
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samsingh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-13-05 10:53 AM
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3. how did bush become president?
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GracieM Donating Member (182 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-13-05 11:00 AM
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5. Who is John Galt?
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DeepModem Mom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-13-05 10:49 AM
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2. Kick!
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Norquist Nemesis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-13-05 10:59 AM
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4. Omit Dems and pack it with Republicans
to eliminate perception of bias? Perfectly logical in the Anti-Democratic Party.
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GracieM Donating Member (182 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-13-05 11:01 AM
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6. Duh!
Republicans have a monopoly on being unbiased apparently...

How much longer do I have to have Moyer be my chief justice in Ohio?
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Norquist Nemesis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-13-05 11:14 AM
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7. Sounds to me like the "I" word could be in place
and I'm not talking about 'investigation'.

Is the Ohio Democratic Party considering calling for impeachment?
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GracieM Donating Member (182 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-13-05 11:59 AM
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8. Iguana?
sorry....
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Norquist Nemesis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-13-05 12:21 PM
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10. Idiot or Ideology would work too!
:P

Welcome to DU! :hi:
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GracieM Donating Member (182 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-13-05 12:38 PM
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11. Inept?
thank you, good to add my voice
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Ready2Snap Donating Member (212 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-13-05 04:38 PM
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16. Do they have a five day waiting period in Ohio?
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faithnotgreed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-13-05 12:19 PM
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9. democracy in ohio continues its march...
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McCamy Taylor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-13-05 02:30 PM
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12. WTF?
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jmcon007 Donating Member (782 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-13-05 02:39 PM
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13. Let's see...so, if everyone gets off scott free, that won't appear biased?
He just branded these judges as not qualified to, uh...judge.
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TayTay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-13-05 03:06 PM
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14. kick n.t
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-13-05 04:31 PM
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15. Riiight. No bias if the dems are exchanged for Repubs
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donkeyotay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-13-05 04:45 PM
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17. Are Republicans insane?????
Theirs really doesn't stink, does it? Everytime I think I've heard it all, they come up with one better.
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