Legally Blond
By Thomas JeffreyArticle Posted: Monday July 23, 2007
The indignity of the Valerie Plame CIA leak case continued this past Friday, just two weeks after the commutation of Scooter Libby’s prison sentence by the Smirking POTUS, with the dismissal of Ms. Plame’s civil suit against Vice President Dick Cheney for his role in the scandal.
While federal district court judge John Bates indicated that the lawsuit did raise crucial questions with regards to the behavior of our elected officials, he ultimately found that there was no legal basis for a plaintiff to recover legal damages from such officals for actions performed under the auspices of their office. And my dear reader, if you’re anything like this Leftwing Nutjob, that should scare the hell out of you.
Judge Bates, whose judicial impartiality, legal acumen and professionalism have so far not been called into question, I would be remiss if I failed to point out that he did serve as Deputy Independent Counsel during the Whitewater investigation and was recently appointed by Chief Justice John Roberts to serve as one of the three judges on the FISA court, the federal bar that oversees requests for surveillance warrants for use inside the United States.
...just pointing out Mr. Bates’ curriculum vitae, that’s all.
Judge John D. Bates — UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Plame’s civil suit dismissed — Los Angeles Times
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Podcast #117
By Thomas JeffreyArticle Posted: Tuesday April 15, 2008
Leftwing Nutjob Podcast, Episode 117, for Sunday, April 13, 2008
Penn hits the bricks, Iran in the spotlight again, the Obama money machine, al Qaeda’s rising star and more!