I understand that Judge Roberts, now the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court heard a case involving a major communications company in which he held stock and therefore had a financial interest in the outcome fo the case before him, did not recuse himself. He also stated in ;his hearing before the Senate on the approval for appointment to the Supreme Court that he would recuse himself under the same circumstances. Lying to the Senate is apparently OK for judges. Such is the integrity of our systems of justice. Clarence Thomas, when he was in charge of the Equal Opportunity and Age Discrimination swore to uphold the Constitution and prosecute the laws of the U.S. faithfully yet would not enforce the laws on age discrimination. Therefore he was appointed to a Federal judgeship and eventually appointed to the Supreme Court. Such is the integrity of the U.S. judicial system;. In risk analysis on can perform a simple truth diagram concerning alternative outputs in a particular decision process. If the charges made by Anita Hill was false and the explanation made by Clarence Thomas was true and the Senate did not confirm him, there would be small damage to the judicial system. However, if, as I think was the case, Anita Hill's charges were true and Clarence Thomas's defense was false and one put him into the Supreme Court, the damage to the judicial system would be severe. What do you think?
Appreciation for the comments from my fellow UW constitutional law professor, David Schwartz. I would add, however, when the article noted these actions were included in the budget bill, I was teased into thinking the more relevant if more complex discussion was forthcoming about including such matters in a budget bill. Given the clarity of the constitution's judicial compensation provision, I'm fairly certain the Walker administration can readily read and comprehend the provision. However, following the logic employed in the article, since the objective is always to have justices seated, the legislature would never be able to increase or diminish judicial salaries. So I'm certain the Walker administration knows full well the current chief justice's decrease could not take effect during her current term; but that doesn't mean it can't be enacted during the term. After all, it would have to be enacted during someone's term. But more importantly, the real problem is our state's officials' propensity to legislate substantive items in the budget bill in the first instance -- either as proposed by the Governor or proposed and enacted by the legislature. This practice only harms we the people, since such 'budget items' are not wrestled through the regular legislative process nor presented to the Governor for approval or veto -- accept as part of a monstrous and infinitely-faceted budget bill where the single item gets overlooked or ignored. Therein lies the real issue here -- and the real problem.
Learn a Great Lesson from this WI! This Govenor think's he is GOD and can do what ever he wants! What amazes me is that he screwed over his own Republican constituents in the public works sector and teachers! Now the GOP wants him to run for President! Wi , you should have kicked his ass out when the recall was done.
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