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To: lurqer who wrote (35485)	1/17/2004 4:16:43 PM
From: T L Comiskey	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

'Dick Cheney and Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia spent part of last week duck hunting ' Begs the question.. Is The Law..a sitting duck..........?? on another note. 'Pepsi...No Coke' "Though the rate dropped slightly last month, to 5.7 percent, that was mainly because more than 300,000 people stopped looking for work"........ investorshub.com

To: lurqer who wrote (35485)	1/17/2004 8:56:35 PM
From: coug	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

Thanks lurqer, For posting that article. I had seen it but neglected to post it. Besides yours was more telling. Re, the following: <<In a written response to an inquiry from the Times about the hunting trip, Scalia said: "Cheney was indeed among the party of about nine who hunted from the camp. Social contacts with high-level executive officials (including cabinet officers) have never been thought improper for judges who may have before them cases in which those people are involved in their official capacity, as opposed to their personal capacity. For example, Supreme Court Justices are regularly invited to dine at the White House, whether or not a suit seeking to compel or prevent certain presidential action is pending." Cheney does not face a personal penalty in the pending lawsuits. He could not be forced to pay damages, for example. But the suits "are not routine disputes about the powers of Cheney's office," the Times says. "Rather, the plaintiffs — the Sierra Club and Judicial Watch — contend that Cheney and his staff violated an open-government measure known as the Federal Advisory Committee Act by meeting behind closed doors with outside lobbyists for the oil, gas, coal and nuclear industries." Stephen Gillers, a New York University law professor, told the Times Scalia should have skipped going hunting with Cheney this year. "A judge may have a friendship with a lawyer, and that's fine. But if the lawyer has a case before the judge, they don't socialize until it's over. That shows a proper respect for maintaining the public's confidence in the integrity of the process," said Gillers, who is an expert on legal ethics. "I think Justice Scalia should have been cognizant of that and avoided contact with the vice president until this was over. And this is not like a dinner with 25 or 30 people. This is a hunting trip where you are together for a few days." The Times notes that pair arrived Jan. 5 on Gulfstream jets and were guests of Wallace Carline, the owner of Diamond Services Corp., an oil services company in Amelia, La. The Associated Press in Morgan City, La., reported the trip on the day the vice president and his entourage departed. >> Besides having our VP out there "hunting" sitting ducks again.. Ground sluicing tame ones probably as I would guess based upon his last "hunting" trip.. :( Besides this another disgusting killing episode, he hangs out with insiders on the court plus an oil field service exec.. They are so arrogant anymore they don't even care.. But hey, even the loyal opposition <g>, many of our fellow dems, don't give a damn about having ALL insiders run the country.. They seem to like it, but I don't.. Why?, because I have a conscience, I haven't sold out, even though many have... So be it, I guess.. But there will always be a few last standing honest women and men.. Thank goodness for that. Take care.. Thanks again, c