court stacking begins

http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2009/mar/appeals-court-get-aclu-acorn-judge

"President Barack Obama’s first judicial nomination worked for a radical leftist community group under federal investigation and received a “not qualified” rating from the American Bar Association when Bill Clinton assigned him to Indiana’s federal district court.

David Hamilton, a federal district judge for 14 years, has been selected to join the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit in Chicago, the last stop before the Supreme Court for cases from Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin. If confirmed by Congress, Hamilton would fill the vacancy created when Judge Kenneth Ripple took senior status in September.

When Clinton nominated Hamilton to U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana in 1994, the American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary rated him “not qualified.” The committee reversed its own rating after Obama’s nomination, so as of this month, the ABA claims Hamilton is “well qualified.”

Judge Hamilton has other skeletons in his closet. He worked as a fundraiser for the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), the corrupt nonprofit best known for conducting fraudulent voter registration drives around the country and pressuring banks to give minorities loans they can’t afford.

Under perpetual federal investigation, Chicago-based ACORN admitted hiring convicted felons and “lazy crack heads” as canvassers during the 2008 presidential election and falsifying information to register new voters nationwide. A few years ago ACORN settled the largest case of voter fraud in the history of Washington State after workers were caught submitting thousands of fake registration forms.

Judge Hamilton also had a leadership role in the leftwing American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and he is considered a liberal activist whose rulings indicate he’s soft on crime, radically pro-abortion, and hostile towards religion. Hamilton invalidated Indiana sex offender laws that protected children from predators, has regularly helped criminal defendants by suppressing evidence and warrants and ruled that prayers at the start of Indiana legislative sessions violate the Constitution. "
 
http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2009/mar/appeals-court-get-aclu-acorn-judge

"President Barack Obama’s first judicial nomination worked for a radical leftist community group under federal investigation and received a “not qualified” rating from the American Bar Association when Bill Clinton assigned him to Indiana’s federal district court.

David Hamilton, a federal district judge for 14 years, has been selected to join the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit in Chicago, the last stop before the Supreme Court for cases from Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin. If confirmed by Congress, Hamilton would fill the vacancy created when Judge Kenneth Ripple took senior status in September.

When Clinton nominated Hamilton to U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana in 1994, the American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary rated him “not qualified.” The committee reversed its own rating after Obama’s nomination, so as of this month, the ABA claims Hamilton is “well qualified.”

Judge Hamilton has other skeletons in his closet. He worked as a fundraiser for the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), the corrupt nonprofit best known for conducting fraudulent voter registration drives around the country and pressuring banks to give minorities loans they can’t afford.

Under perpetual federal investigation, Chicago-based ACORN admitted hiring convicted felons and “lazy crack heads” as canvassers during the 2008 presidential election and falsifying information to register new voters nationwide. A few years ago ACORN settled the largest case of voter fraud in the history of Washington State after workers were caught submitting thousands of fake registration forms.

Judge Hamilton also had a leadership role in the leftwing American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and he is considered a liberal activist whose rulings indicate he’s soft on crime, radically pro-abortion, and hostile towards religion. Hamilton invalidated Indiana sex offender laws that protected children from predators, has regularly helped criminal defendants by suppressing evidence and warrants and ruled that prayers at the start of Indiana legislative sessions violate the Constitution. "

Well Democrats have control of both elected branches of government by the will of the people and they didn't even have to steal an election to do it like Republicans did in 2000. Why shouldn't they stack the deck with liberals and moderates and get rid of the right wing reactionary extremist?

After all, we won the elections and not you wing nut extremist. Correct me if I"m wrong but aren't democracies supposed to be representative?
 
http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2009/mar/appeals-court-get-aclu-acorn-judge

"President Barack Obama’s first judicial nomination worked for a radical leftist community group under federal investigation and received a “not qualified” rating from the American Bar Association when Bill Clinton assigned him to Indiana’s federal district court.

David Hamilton, a federal district judge for 14 years, has been selected to join the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit in Chicago, the last stop before the Supreme Court for cases from Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin. If confirmed by Congress, Hamilton would fill the vacancy created when Judge Kenneth Ripple took senior status in September.

When Clinton nominated Hamilton to U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana in 1994, the American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary rated him “not qualified.” The committee reversed its own rating after Obama’s nomination, so as of this month, the ABA claims Hamilton is “well qualified.”

Judge Hamilton has other skeletons in his closet. He worked as a fundraiser for the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), the corrupt nonprofit best known for conducting fraudulent voter registration drives around the country and pressuring banks to give minorities loans they can’t afford.

Under perpetual federal investigation, Chicago-based ACORN admitted hiring convicted felons and “lazy crack heads” as canvassers during the 2008 presidential election and falsifying information to register new voters nationwide. A few years ago ACORN settled the largest case of voter fraud in the history of Washington State after workers were caught submitting thousands of fake registration forms.

Judge Hamilton also had a leadership role in the leftwing American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and he is considered a liberal activist whose rulings indicate he’s soft on crime, radically pro-abortion, and hostile towards religion. Hamilton invalidated Indiana sex offender laws that protected children from predators, has regularly helped criminal defendants by suppressing evidence and warrants and ruled that prayers at the start of Indiana legislative sessions violate the Constitution. "


Hilarious. What happened to "elections have consequences?" And there mustn't be too many courts for one judicial appointment to be called "court stacking."

It's even more hilarious on the merits. 14 years ago this fellow may have been unqualified, but how does the ABA rate him after 14 years of sitting on the bench? Oh, that's right, "well qualified."

And I know ACORN is the boogeyman of the year but for Christ's sake the guy was a fundraiser for ACORN for a one month in a single summer in 1979 when he was in college. Given me a fucking break. You know who else did some work for ACORN, the fucking President.

What a joke.
 
Well Democrats have control of both elected branches of government by the will of the people and they didn't even have to steal an election to do it like Republicans did in 2000. Why shouldn't they stack the deck with liberals and moderates and get rid of the right wing reactionary extremist?

After all, we won the elections and not you wing nut extremist. Correct me if I"m wrong but aren't democracies supposed to be representative?

lmao....talk to hillary supporters....dude
 
lmao....talk to hillary supporters....dude

Oh yea, good point, were just inundated with there screams for reform [/sarcasm]

The point being here is that after 911 our nation took a huge swing to the right, discovered they had made a big mistake and are swinging well back towards the center much to the chagrin of those on the far right.
 
I hope no USC , It should just be a normal change with Obama appointing who he thinks is good as well as qualified for the position.

Now if he starts filling the DOJ with people from the worst law colleges in the country simply because they are muslim colleges or maybe some other religion then I might get really pissed. Now if he does and those appointees start kicking Christains out of the DOJ because they are the wrong religion or say because their spouses voted republican or some crap then I'll call for his impeachment.

Now how did you righties treat that situation when Bush did it?
 
I hope no USC , It should just be a normal change with Obama appointing who he thinks is good as well as qualified for the position.

Now if he starts filling the DOJ with people from the worst law colleges in the country simply because they are muslim colleges or maybe some other religion then I might get really pissed. Now if he does and those appointees start kicking Christains out of the DOJ because they are the wrong religion or say because their spouses voted republican or some crap then I'll call for his impeachment.

Now how did you righties treat that situation when Bush did it?



Really Really good point...!
 
Do you have any legitimate opposition to this particular judge or are you just relying on that crap from Judicial Watch?

Until I can find more information on what this judge has done over the past 14 years to change his 'rating', I'm against him. I'm trying to find documentation on his cases and decisions to see what is different from then and now.
 
Until I can find more information on what this judge has done over the past 14 years to change his 'rating', I'm against him. I'm trying to find documentation on his cases and decisions to see what is different from then and now.


So you put stock in the ABA rating 14 years ago, but no stock in the ABA rating now? That's odd.

My sense is that having no prior judicial experience got him a not qualified rating 14 years ago and his 14 years of experience as a District Court judge got him a well-qualified rating now.

And since you know next to nothing about the guy being against him until you are proven otherwise seems like an odd place to start, but whatever.


Edit: Adding, one would presume that Judicial Watch is doing their level best to not have the man appointed. Since they have to go back to how the judge spent one month of his time in the summer of 1979 when had just graduated college I'm guessing they've got nothing other than "judicial activist!" gobbledygook.
 
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what does THAT have to do with THIS???

stop strawmanning


It has everything to do with your manufactuted outrage at a judge who you know nothing about except that Obama appointed him.

Where was your outrage for lawyers who came for the worst law schools in the nation being appointed to head and run the DOJ?
 
http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2009/mar/appeals-court-get-aclu-acorn-judge

"President Barack Obama’s first judicial nomination worked for a radical leftist community group under federal investigation and received a “not qualified” rating from the American Bar Association when Bill Clinton assigned him to Indiana’s federal district court.

David Hamilton, a federal district judge for 14 years, has been selected to join the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit in Chicago, the last stop before the Supreme Court for cases from Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin. If confirmed by Congress, Hamilton would fill the vacancy created when Judge Kenneth Ripple took senior status in September.

When Clinton nominated Hamilton to U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana in 1994, the American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary rated him “not qualified.” The committee reversed its own rating after Obama’s nomination, so as of this month, the ABA claims Hamilton is “well qualified.”

Judge Hamilton has other skeletons in his closet. He worked as a fundraiser for the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), the corrupt nonprofit best known for conducting fraudulent voter registration drives around the country and pressuring banks to give minorities loans they can’t afford.

Under perpetual federal investigation, Chicago-based ACORN admitted hiring convicted felons and “lazy crack heads” as canvassers during the 2008 presidential election and falsifying information to register new voters nationwide. A few years ago ACORN settled the largest case of voter fraud in the history of Washington State after workers were caught submitting thousands of fake registration forms.

Judge Hamilton also had a leadership role in the leftwing American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and he is considered a liberal activist whose rulings indicate he’s soft on crime, radically pro-abortion, and hostile towards religion. Hamilton invalidated Indiana sex offender laws that protected children from predators, has regularly helped criminal defendants by suppressing evidence and warrants and ruled that prayers at the start of Indiana legislative sessions violate the Constitution. "

America "One Thug Nation Under Obama"....sigh
 
http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2009/mar/appeals-court-get-aclu-acorn-judge

"President Barack Obama’s first judicial nomination worked for a radical leftist community group under federal investigation and received a “not qualified” rating from the American Bar Association when Bill Clinton assigned him to Indiana’s federal district court.

David Hamilton, a federal district judge for 14 years, has been selected to join the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit in Chicago, the last stop before the Supreme Court for cases from Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin. If confirmed by Congress, Hamilton would fill the vacancy created when Judge Kenneth Ripple took senior status in September.

When Clinton nominated Hamilton to U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana in 1994, the American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary rated him “not qualified.” The committee reversed its own rating after Obama’s nomination, so as of this month, the ABA claims Hamilton is “well qualified.”

Judge Hamilton has other skeletons in his closet. He worked as a fundraiser for the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), the corrupt nonprofit best known for conducting fraudulent voter registration drives around the country and pressuring banks to give minorities loans they can’t afford.

Under perpetual federal investigation, Chicago-based ACORN admitted hiring convicted felons and “lazy crack heads” as canvassers during the 2008 presidential election and falsifying information to register new voters nationwide. A few years ago ACORN settled the largest case of voter fraud in the history of Washington State after workers were caught submitting thousands of fake registration forms.

Judge Hamilton also had a leadership role in the leftwing American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and he is considered a liberal activist whose rulings indicate he’s soft on crime, radically pro-abortion, and hostile towards religion. Hamilton invalidated Indiana sex offender laws that protected children from predators, has regularly helped criminal defendants by suppressing evidence and warrants and ruled that prayers at the start of Indiana legislative sessions violate the Constitution. "

This is yet another demonstration my brother that you're no centrist. Obama IS a centrist, which is why you don't like him. You are a dissaffected republican but still loyal to the ideology of the right.

Just come clean, drop this pretense of being a centrist and stand proudly on the right.

Honesty is very liberating.
 
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