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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Eagler on March 15, 2002, 02:43:18 PM
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all in the name of politics:
Sen. Miller Warns of Possible Pickering Payback (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20020315/pl_nm/congress_judicial_dc_19)
Here's a good write up on the "bad" judge .. freakin dumacrats - I tell ya ...
A Brave Judge's Name Besmirched
The smear campaign against Judge Pickering.
BY JAMES CHARLES EVERS
Saturday, February 9, 2002 12:01 a.m. EST
http://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=95001847
In recent days, I have been saddened and appalled to read many of
the allegations that have been put forth about Judge Charles
Pickering, whose nomination to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the
Fifth Circuit was the subject of a Senate Judiciary Committee
hearing Thursday. These allegations are mostly made by groups with a
Washington, D.C., address and a political agenda, not by anyone with
real knowledge of Mr. Pickering's long and distinguished record on
civil rights.
As someone who knows Judge Pickering and is familiar with his
commitment on matters of race, I could not sit by and watch these
groups' attempts to destroy a good man. Let me tell you about the
Charles Pickering many of us in Mississippi have known for well over
30 years.
In 1967, many locally elected prosecutors in Mississippi looked the
other way when faced with allegations of violence against
African-Americans and those who supported our struggle for equal
treatment under the law. Mr. Pickering was a locally elected
prosecutor who took the stand that year and testified in a criminal
trial against the imperial wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, who was
accused of firebombing a civil rights activist. Mr. Pickering later
lost his bid for re-election because he dared to defy the Klan, but
he gained my respect and the respect of many others as a man who
stands up for what is right.
In 1976, while serving as chairman of the state Republican Party,
Mr. Pickering hired its first black political staffer. Mr. Pickering
didn't send this person only into the African- American community to
look for votes. He felt that the Republican Party's message should
be delivered by the same individual to all communities, regardless
of skin color. I may not have agreed with the Republican Party's
message then or even now, but I certainly admire and agree with Mr.
Pickering's inclusive approach to politics.
In the 1980s, Mr. Pickering was in private practice as a lawyer, and
became known as a person who took on difficult cases. One such case
involved an African-American man accused of robbing at knifepoint a
16-year-old white girl while she operated a rural grocery store. Mr.
Pickering believed the man was not guilty, and took on his case.
Very few others in Mississippi would have believed the same thing.
After two trials, the man was acquitted.
Since he was selected and confirmed to the federal bench in 1990,
Judge Pickering has continued to amass a record of working to
improve race relations in Mississippi and throughout the U.S. After
President Clinton held a town hall meeting on race at the University
of Mississippi in 1998, Mr. Pickering and Gov. William Winter led
the effort to encourage Chancellor Robert Khayat to establish the
Institute of Racial Reconciliation at Ole Miss.
Judge Pickering sat on the executive committee of the institute,
whose goal is to promote understanding and goodwill between people
of different races. Mr. Khayat also chose Mr. Pickering to serve on
the institute's board of directors, not only because of his role in
helping to shape its mission, but also because he has led a life
which exemplifies the institute's primary objective--eliminating
racism.
As someone who has spent all my adult life fighting for equal
treatment of African-Americans, I can tell you with certainty that
Charles Pickering has an admirable record on civil rights issues. He
has taken tough stands at tough times in the past, and the treatment
he and his record are receiving at the hands of certain interest
groups is shameful.
In my view, picking judges should be about finding the right person
for the job, someone who respects the Constitution, instead of
distorting the record of good people for political purposes. I am
afraid that is what is happening to Judge Pickering.
Those in Washington and New York who criticize Judge Pickering are
the same people who have always looked down on Mississippi and its
people, and have done very little for our state's residents. I urge
the Senate to confirm Judge Pickering.
Mr. Evers, the brother of slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers,
manages a radio station in Jackson, Miss.
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Eagler,
Don't get too riled up, its just the Washington "same 'ole, same 'ole".
The previous adminstration had the exact same thing happen to its judicial nominees as well.
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Several civil rights groups expressed concerns over his conservative civil rights record and the unusually low number of published opinions, particularly in the context of the nomination. People for the American Way, Alliance for Justice, the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights and dozens of other national organizations have repeatedly expressed concerns over the impact of his influence on the Fifth Circuit of the United States, which has the largest percentage of minorities than any other circuit.
Sounds to me like some Democrats were doing their jobs.
Democracy in action.
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You US chaps need more Danish people to work things out.
Tell you what. I'll graduate and see if I can get a job in the US. If I can't, I'll work in DK for 2-3 years to get the required experience and then emigrate.
Just stay afloat for another 3 years, and I'll be there to the rescue.
Danish solutions are always good - they tend to always include toejameloads of beer and pr0n. Cannot be bad.
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Originally posted by StSanta
Danish solutions are always good - they tend to always include toejameloads of beer and pr0n. Cannot be bad.
If the Danish solutions are anything like Finnish solutions, you're only going to make it worse, much worse :)
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SAGEFin, it always get worse before it gets better :D.
Finns and Danes should rule the world. That'd be cool :).
Wars wouldn't be about religion, but about what beer is best, and whether you should mix beer and vodka :D