-Caveat Lector- http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewPolitics.asp?Page=\Politics\archive\200011\POL20001114f.html Legal Group Claims Judge Should Have Not Heard Hand Count Case By Scott Hogenson CNS Executive Editor November 14, 2000 (CNSNews.com) - The head of a Washington, DC-based legal group is claiming that the federal judge who ruled against a request to suspend the hand counting of ballots in select Florida counties should have recused himself from the case because of a lengthy history of campaign contributions to Democrats, including Bill Clinton and Al Gore. National Legal and Policy Center President Peter Flaherty said a compilation of Federal Election Commission records by the NLPC shows that US District Judge Donald M. Middlebrooks has given more than $19,000 to an array of Democratic candidates for federal office, including $1,000 to Clinton's 1996 reelection effort. "Judges must adhere to high standards of ethics and integrity, even more so when the judge is required to effectively pick the next president of the United States," said Flaherty. "This judge failed to meet these standards." According to the FEC data collected by Flaherty's group and verified by a crosscheck of contribution records, Middlebrooks donated a total of $19,480 to various Democratic candidates and committees between 1979 and 1996. The FEC data also show Middlebrooks made a $250 contribution to the National Republican Senatorial Committee in 1996, which Flaherty noted "occurred the year before the Republican- controlled Senate confirmed his appointment by Bill Clinton to the federal bench in 1997." Middlebrooks was the judge who rejected Republican arguments Monday that the hand counting of ballots in four Florida counties was a violation of the Constitution because it did not treat all Florida counties and their voters equally. The hand counts in question amounted to the third tally of ballots in those areas, where Vice President Al Gore won decisive victories in the November 7 election. The Bush campaign is reportedly planning an appeal of Middlebrooks' Monday decision. ================================================================= Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF: *Michael Spitzer* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends ================================================================= <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
