Thursday, May 04, 2006

More Corruption

Here's another one to add to the endless line of corrupt public officials marching past the post of judgment.

Key Bush judge under ethics cloud | Salon.com News:

"May 3, 2006 | 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.'

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. . .'"

Much more here.

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