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| Grumpy Old Pharts Board Gerritol, Ex-Lax, Immodium, Bad Breath - all requirements for the Grumpy Board |
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09-05-2012, 01:03 PM
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Jiggin' Leper Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2000
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Federal judges can only be removed from the bench for misconduct, not for rendering bad decisions. We have appeals courts to review lower court rulings. To remove a Federal judge, you do it the same way you remove the President. The House votes Articles of Impeachment setting forth the "high crimes or misdemeanors" alleged, and then a trial is held before the Senate, with a 2/3 majority needed to remove the judge from the bench.
The guys who founded the country believed in an independent judiciary. One that couldn't be swayed by popular opinion and would follow the law without fear of losing the next election, or being fired by the President if they didn't rule his way on a particular case. They were pretty smart guys, I hear.
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Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools, because they have to say something.
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09-05-2012, 04:19 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Marshfield, Ma
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Originally Posted by Mike P
The guys who founded the country believed in an independent judiciary. One that couldn't be swayed by popular opinion and would follow the law without fear of losing the next election, or being fired by the President if they didn't rule his way on a particular case. They were pretty smart guys, I hear.
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They were very smart guys but I would bet they didn't have to deal with convicted murderers requesting sex changes back then.......... |
"I know a taxidermy man back home. He gonna have a heart attack when he see what I brung him!"
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09-05-2012, 08:14 PM
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Jiggin' Leper Lawyer
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Originally Posted by Piscator
They were very smart guys but I would bet they didn't have to deal with convicted murderers requesting sex changes back then..........
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No, but they also established something called Circuit Courts of Appeal that could rein in runaway lower court judges and tell them, respectfully, "you #^&#^&#^&#^&ed up".  |
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09-05-2012, 08:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Mike P
No, but they also established something called Circuit Courts of Appeal that could rein in runaway lower court judges and tell them, respectfully, "you #^&#^&#^&#^&ed up". |
I do agree that their whole design is brilliant even to this day.
Hopefully common sense wins out in the end with this particular (and very odd) case. |
"I know a taxidermy man back home. He gonna have a heart attack when he see what I brung him!"
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09-05-2012, 08:41 PM
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Old Guy
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Originally Posted by Piscator
I do agree that their whole design is brilliant even to this day.
Hopefully common sense wins out in the end with this particular (and very odd) case.
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Wolf is the judge that originally allowed this thing gender therapy to start. It's a mess, I hope it gets overruled |
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09-06-2012, 07:21 AM
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Jiggin' Leper Lawyer
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Quote:
Originally Posted by striperman36
Wolf is the judge that originally allowed this thing gender therapy to start. It's a mess, I hope it gets overruled
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Did you know that he was a Bush appointee? I didn't. |
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