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mercuryblues

(15,062 posts)
Sat Dec 21, 2013, 12:34 PM Dec 2013

teabag legal system

S.C. Attorney General Alan Wilson will ask Supreme Court Justice Donald Beatty to recuse himself from criminal cases because of comments the judge made during a speech earlier this year.

Wilson sent a letter to 13 solicitors, who have complained about comments Beatty made during their annual conference. The letter, sent Dec. 12, cites case law that Wilson said he will use to seek Beatty’s recusal from some cases. He also said he will support solicitors who ask Beatty to recuse himself from any disciplinary hearings for attorneys on their staffs.

“Accordingly, with these legal principles in mind, based upon Justice Beatty’s remarks, we will seek his recusal in any specific case where warranted under the law,” Wilson wrote

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According to previous news reports, Beatty, elected to the Supreme Court in 2007, told the audience of prosecutors they had “been getting away with too much for too long.” The court will no longer overlook unethical conduct, such as witness tampering, selective and retaliatory prosecutions, perjury and suppression of evidence, Beatty said.


Read more here: http://www.thestate.com/2013/12/20/3169529/sc-attorney-general-says-he-will.html#storylink=cpy

"You lie" joe Wilson's sone want a judge to recuse himself for saying prosecutors must uphold the law. Teabagger justice rules!!


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teabag legal system (Original Post) mercuryblues Dec 2013 OP
Am I missing something here? nxylas Dec 2013 #1
The mercuryblues Dec 2013 #2

nxylas

(6,440 posts)
1. Am I missing something here?
Sun Dec 22, 2013, 03:27 AM
Dec 2013

The judge's remarks don't seem very teabaggy to me. Baggers usually deify prosecutors and regard defense lawyers as the antichrist.

mercuryblues

(15,062 posts)
2. The
Sun Dec 22, 2013, 11:21 AM
Dec 2013

State AG, who is Joe "you lie" wilson's son, wants the judge to recuse himself from criminal cases because of those remarks. Telling prosecutors that they will be held accountable for things like witness tampering, withholding exculpatory evidence, perjury and more is reason to to have a SC supreme justice to recuse himself.

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