Robertson, who was appointed to the federal bench in Washington by President Bill Clinton in 1994 and was later selected by then-Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist to serve on the FISA court, declined to comment when reached at his office late yesterday.
If there was no explanation, how does anyone know it was in protest.
Yo, Judge, don't let the door hit you on the butt on the way out.
part of their strategy to keep this story going - they get a clinton appointee to walk - he will probably write a book now or an op-ed in the Times.
Ping a ling
Now we know the leaker!
Will he join the bathhouse boys at the NYT now?
There's is no statement in this article which says why exactly he resigned.
He was concerned about Bush's acts, but nothing says that's why he resigned.
Good. We don't want a bias liberal judge having a negative effect on the FISA process. Don't let the door bump you in the ass on the way out bozo.
Secret????? Yeah, right...like Washington DC can EVER keep a secret
I don't know about you guys, but I already feel safer with this guy off the FISA bench.
This is the same biased clintonoid judge who proclaimed that the trials of captured terrorists at Guantanamo were illegal.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34519-2004Nov8.html
One of these two leftist reporters at the Washington ComPost wrote up that earlier article.
Is Robertson "the judge" referred to in this article just out that has leaking to the NYT?
"The judge who oversees the secret court that authorizes intelligence warrants - and which has been largely bypassed by the program - also raised concerns about aspects of the program.
http://nytimes.com/2005/12/21/politics/21nsa.html?ei=5094&en=c385132b746e1109&hp=&ex=1135141200&partner=homepage&pagewanted=print
Hmm, if Robertson resigned from the FISA court in a protest against GWB's actions, can we assume he will be true to his higher morals and also resign from the U.S. District court in a protest against Bubba's actions? I didn't think so.
Sounds like a good thing, someone that irrational shouldn't be on such an important court.
This program has been going on for 4 years, yet he only resigns when it's gotten public attention through leaks?
I wonder if he's one of the sources of the leaks? If so, toss his butt in jail.
This program didn't happen without oversight, and those who had the oversight responsiblility had legal recourse to fight the program.
While I commend the efforts of jurists to make sure the laws are being followed and our rights are being protected, it sounds like this particular jurist is playing political games because he hasn't gotten his way through legal means.
"Robertson is considered a liberal judge who has often ruled against the Bush administration's assertions of broad powers in the terrorism fight, most notably in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld . Robertson held in that case that the Pentagon's military commissions for prosecuting terrorist suspects at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, were illegal and stacked against the detainees."
Good riddance.
This is a Clinton appointee that tossed out solid indictments against Web Hubbell. He was overturned on appeal after appeal. Very partisan judge - further evidenced by this behavior. Very unjudicial for someone to throw a temper tantrum like this.
A protest ???
Gee .. I don't remember him protesting when Clinton was President and skipping the FISA Court
Just a thought ..... could he have been 'asked' to resign? Bush did say the other day the Justice Dept. had 'prodecures' to look into how these highly classified leaks came about.
"Robertson is considered a liberal judge who has often ruled against the Bush administration's assertions of broad powers in the terrorism fight, most notably in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld . Robertson held in that case that the Pentagon's military commissions for prosecuting terrorist suspects at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, were illegal and stacked against the detainees."
Good riddance.