-Caveat Lector-
He's 82. He probably has Alzheimer's. Forget him. He probably does not
know where he is or where he is going.
On Wed, 27 Jun 2001 16:02:00 EDT William Shannon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
writes:
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> Eugene Attorney Tries to Impeach High Court
> June 26, 2001, 08:30 AM
>
> By AP Staff
>
> A former member of Congress launched a campaign to impeach the five
> conservative Supreme Court justices who voted to stop the
> presidential ballot
> recount in Florida last year -- but admits it's a long shot.
>
> Charles Porter, an 82-year-old attorney in Eugene, said the Supreme
> Court
> ruling was so clearly influenced by politics that under the
> Constitution
> there may be grounds to impeach the justices for bias.
>
> The 5-4 decision in December resulted in George W. Bush being named
> president-elect and his opponent Al Gore conceding the election.
>
> "They did wrong, they voted politically to stop the election,"
> Porter said.
>
> "A lot of people out there think this would be a terrible precedent
> for the
> United States if the court could ... vote for political reasons," he
> said.
>
> At issue is a clause in the Constitution calling on judges to show
> "good
> behavior," Porter said. While this is not defined in the founding
> document,
> the American Bar Association says judges should avoid bias or even
> the
> "appearance of impropriety."
>
> "We say they tarnished the integrity of the U.S. Supreme Court,"
> Porter said.
>
> Porter wrote a resolution seeking the removal of justices William
> Rehnquist,
> Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas, Sandra Day O'Connor and Anthony
> Kennedy.
>
> "A lot of people think the Supreme Court is all powerful. Well, they
> are if
> they're handing down decisions. But not if they're violating the
> Constitution," he said.
>
> Porter found some support over the weekend within the state
> Democratic Party.
>
> The chairman of the party's Executive Committee, Jim Edmunson,
> agreed
> Saturday to sponsor the proposal for a vote at the party's central
> committee
> meeting on July 22. If it passes, the state party could recommend
> other
> states pass similar resolutions.
>
> "The idea is to draw attention to the problem," Edmunson said.
> "We're
> treating this as something with legal merit. Whether it's
> politically
> feasible is another question."
>
> Congress, which must initiate the articles of impeachment, is now
> controlled
> by a majority of Republicans.
>
> More than 600 law professors around the country have signed a
> petition
> decrying the Supreme Court decision, and some have asked the Senate
> to
> refrain from ratifying any appointments to the court while President
> Bush is
> in office.
>
> About 14 law professors in Oregon have signed on, according to Steve
> Bender,
> a law professor at University of Oregon.
>
> Porter served two terms in Congress beginning in 1957. He later used
> his
> practice in Eugene to litigate over a 30-year period for the removal
> of a
> cross from public land in the city.
>
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