Saturday, July 21, 2007

The Bates Court

I know you are used to hearing about the way the White House has covered all its bases in appointments that are mere puppets, so you won't be a bit surprised to learn about the judge who just recently dismissed Valerie Plame's lawsuit. Think Progress gives us a list of some former actions of Judge John Bates:

  • He ruled that Bush could legally sign a bill that had not been passed by Congress
  • He ruled that the U.S. Comptroller could not force Dick Cheney to turn over the names of people he met with for his energy task force
  • He approved continuation of White House domestic spying, but...
  • He once ruled that the Clinton White House had to turn over records about Hillary's Whitewater activity

Activist judge?

....hey, do what you want....you will anyway.


No comments:

Post a Comment

Comments are moderated. There may be some delay before your comment is published. It all depends on how much time M has in the day. But please comment!