The second day of the Senate trial for United States District Court Judge Thomas Porteous starts today. The witness list include Lori and Louis Marcotte . . .
Much of this testimony will center on Article II of the impeachment. I have attached our motions to dismiss Article Two and our general summary if you are following the case.
Judge G. Thomas Porteous, Jr.’sMotion to Dismiss Article II
Porteous Pre-Trial Statement
Porteous Pre-Trial Statement – Exhibits
Just finished watching a healthy slice of today’s proceedings and came away from it with the feeling that the judge is being accused of acting like a member of congress, i.e., taking money and gifts in return for favors.
Rambling thoughts: It’s a tuff case for Jon to defend: the gov’t giving immunity for favorable testimony; star witnesses have an obligation to sing the song/dance the dance; gov’t withholding evidence and late disclosures; the chair not really giving the defense a fair shake (while pronouncing her dedication to fair play, pleasssssse); convicted felons sleeping with the government; a lot of real bad facts coming out painting the judge in a terrible light; I really hate the time constraints and breaks for the senators and house prosecutors to run vote during the trial(are you f’n kiddin’ me?); Jon did as well as any skilled trial lawyer could do; he had to take some shots to make his points; he is clearly the superior litigator and as you students have to know, he will always be the best prepared; I assure you he is not doing this for the money, but because of the rule of law and his passion for the constitution. I too wish him strength and hope he gets a little rest. Frank
Mr. Geyh had 4-5 years as an Associate at a business/corporate law firm.
http://info.law.indiana.edu/pub/libs/images/usr/9875_h.pdf
Quote:
“OTHER EMPLOYMENT
1991: Special Counsel, Office of Legislative and Public Affairs, Administrative Office of U.S. Courts, Washington, D.C.
1989 to 1991: Counsel, United States House of Representatives, Committee on the Judiciary, Washington, D.C.
1984 to 1989: Associate, Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C.
1983 to 1984: Law Clerk to the Honorable Thomas A. Clark,
United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, Atlanta, GA”
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Charles Geyh Bio/Cirriculum Vitae
http://info.law.indiana.edu/sb/page/normal/1409.html
I liked what Professor Geyh said because he stated what I also think are the core ethical and legal violations resulting from Judge Porteous’ serious breaches of the following standards: Judicial Oaths of Office/Codes of Conduct/Codes of Ethics.
Buddha: I agree that impressions of Geyh suggest that he is strictly an Ivory Tower Academician. I will look up his bio.
Lottakatz:
I was going to say”rope a dope” but “cockup” is close enough.;-).
As the professor was saying”they were prepared for geyh to be called last”.
It looks like an unexpected long night ahead,but it may be a blessing in disguise.
If they didn’t know geyh before they know him now,and if they did know him they know where he is coming from.
Have a “honey do” day on tap for tommorow.I will check in later in the day.
Wow, this looks like a cockup as ‘trials’ go, it’s a free for all regarding expert testimony. Jt has been making good objections though.
McCaskill is giving Geyh too much play, this fellow is now stating as fact what he believes are facts regarding the judges “corrupt” behaviour. JT just objected, ‘what he believes happened as fact’ McCaskill upheld the objection.
I’ve got to run for a bit. If someone would please let me know if Geyh says anything earth shattering on cross, I would appreciate it!
Thank you in advance.
The Prof just called him out for lecturing! roflol
Charles Geyh clearly spends most of his time in front of a classroom. lol
They are back from break.
I’m divided on this so far, FFLEO. NO is a “little big” town. Some of what I’ve heard to this point is endemic to this dynamic (especially the food part – it’s truly used as a social lubricant in NO like an after work drink is elsewhere – a simple side effect of it being a unique place to eat – which coincidentally enough is being spoken about by Lori Morcotte right now addressing “rudeness”), some of this smells a bit fishier than simple social lubrication. But your point is valid: flawed process by the Senate is no way to deal with corruption. But it is the Senate after all. The single biggest impediment to restoring justice and the rule of law we have.
And we are all involved,as the Senator said”the goverment is paying for it”.
Although I think Judge Porteous must be impeached, this process is very flawed. The government has too many ‘roadblocks’ to a completely fair and unhampered process.
eniobob & FFLEO,
Yeah, I caught that. Very disruptive.
The government managers are tampering with scheduling of witnesses, to which Prof Turley adamantly (and correctly) objected. That is very disruptive to an organized team.
BIL:
The professor is “POed”,the congressman just pulled a switcheroo with their calling of witnesses and they ran off to vote in the house,and there is nothing he can do about either situation.
Okay, I have been in fully since the start of Rafael Goyeneche’s testimony.
Any earlier highlights I should keep an eye out for once the archive is posted?
The congressman was trying to take Mr.Wallace over the cliff and the Professor objected,and Senator McCaskill sustained his objection.
Talk about timing.