Above all not one legal scholar of any political persuasion has been able to make the argument that the Court would have voted the same way if the positions of Bush and Gore had been reversed. This failure to meet the "shoe-on-the-other-foot" test is a violation of the judicial oath to administer the law without respect to persons.
Dana
>Yes please. But first,:
>1.. Are you saying that Rehnquist should have recused himself because his
>daughter would be fired if Bush didn't win? Or did he make his decision
>because his daughter would get a big promotion? In other words, how would a
>decision one way or another effect her career? Has she gotten promotions
>because of the decision? Was she a sub-par employee who kept her job? Or was
>she a good performer whose career would be unaffected by the decision?
>
>2. Same thought process on Thomas. Did a decision one way or another change
>his wife's career? Or was she a temporary staffer whose position ended the
>same in either case?
>
>3. Lastly Scalia, outside of her actual on the job performance after she got
>the job, which really has no bearing on the discussion(unless she kept her job
>with sub-par performance). Who hired her and how is HUD related to the
>Florida vote? Who was president when she was being interviewed and who was
>president when she was hired?
>
>So yes, please go on, but please provide some rational as to why it was a
>conflict.
>
>Andy
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2003 9:27 PM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: RE: Bush gives the finger to the world again
>
>
> Requist's daughter was an employee of the RNC. Thomas' wife was on the Bush
> staff. Scalia's daughter recently resigned her HUD post after allegations
> of financial impropriety and carrying an unlicensed firearm inside federal
> buildings. She was appointed days after the Supreme Court decision.
>
> Need I go on?
>
> larry
>
> At 08:08 PM 12/14/2003, you wrote:
> >What is your basis for "enough conflict of interest"?
> >
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