Enemy Combatant
Tuesday, March 08, 2005
Supreme Court Scouting Report: Spring Training
Following close on the heels of John Bolton's nomination to the UN ambassadorship, I think we've found Bush's first Supreme Court nominee!
Let's see: Evelyn W. Hill is a North Carolina Superior Court judge who, at about the halfway point in her 8-year tenure on the bench, has already been censured twice by the state Supreme Court for:
1. getting into a physical altercation with a deputy sheriff in a courtroom doorway, and after grabbing at his balls (and getting put into a pressure hold by the deputy for her pains), was heard by the three sheriff's personnel present to threaten the deputy by stating, "It's been a while since I've shoved a male's balls down his throat" or "It's been a while since I shoved a man's balls through his nose holes.";
2. describing a black lawyer from out of town in her courtroom as a "token," repeatedly referring to a short-skirted female lawyer in her courtroom as "Ally McBeal," and telling another lawyer to use his "big boy voice"; and
3. once belittling a witness on the stand, who was describing a weapon, by asking, "Was it a Bradley tank? . . . With you I'm just checking."
In fact, eight criminal defendants reportedly have now based their appeals on Judge Hill's courtroom conduct, and at least one was granted a new trial because of the Judge's negative comments about a defense lawyer before the jury.
All the sarcasm and arrogance of Scalia, all the sexual crudity and bullying of Cheney, all the racial insensitivity of Rehnquist, and repeated violations of the accepted norms of behavior, just like -- Gonzales, Negroponte, Abrams, etc., etc. . .
Seems like the perfect choice!
