Posted on 01/27/2012 2:47:35 PM PST by neverdem
BTTT
The fix is in
The appointment in of itself assured that. Don’t know what Kennedy will do.
So what happens if she doesn’t recuse herself? Can the Republican House impeach her?
Case closed in a nation of laws.
We are not in a nation of laws, albeit it is an emerging police state.
Didn’t she flat out lie about it during the Senate confirmation hearings?
What happens if it is 4-4 on the individual mandate? We have had different rullings from the appellate courts.
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Anyway, the rule cited says "he" and Kagan's female so it doesn't apply.
It would seem like the case is closed, but I’ll be shocked if she does recuse.
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More info here, too:
“Obamacare Litigation: More Golden Reasons Why Justice Kagan May Need to Recuse Herself”
Banana Republic without bananas.
She won’t recuse and no power that we have can make her. Even so, the vote would then just become 4 to 4 just for spite.
I don’t see how any ethical lawyer adhering to professional codes of conduct could not consider that they need to recuse themselves from this case,” he said.
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We are talking about ethical lawyers are we not?
I believe that probably lets her out.
It is apparent that anyone on the inside circle of the Obozo or of power and wealth doesn’t need to be concerned about our laws. At the expense of the common citizen, those people are above the LAW. Even John Roberts needs to be b**ch slapped over his stand on this Kagan recusal issue. The Obozo is an illegal president and every justice on that court knows it so they accept two illegal supreme court justices as well. The US is worse than a banana republic. We had the means and the wherewithal to stop the erosion of enforcement of our laws for those of power and wealth but so far we have stood and done nothing.
My mistake, we have started to do something, it’s called the Tea Party. It is not dead as old Harry and the hag would like everyone to believe.
What is the chance that Kagan’s unethical stance will be enough to push Justice Kennedy to be the 5th vote against Obamacare? If he’s on the fence, this might be enough to open his eyes to the left’s open contempt of our founding principles.
Unless she would be hearing an appeal of an particular case in which she participated, I don't think the quoted section would apply (but if such a case does come before her, refusal would obviously be required). If the section were read so broadly as to suggest that her participation on one case involving Obamacare would disqualify her from hearing others, such a reading would also require that when a case comes before the court regarding a matters which the court has previously decided, any judges who were on the court when the previous case was decided would be required to recuse themselves--clearly absurd.
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