Appeals-court judge Guido Calabresi told a lawyers' meeting last summer that Bush v. Gore, the Supreme Court decision that put Bush in the White House, was an "illegitimate act" by a "legitimate institution.".Appeals-court judge Guido Calabresi told a lawyers' meeting last summer that Bush v. Gore Introduction In Bush v. Gore 531 U.S. 98, 121 S.Ct. 525, 148 L.Ed.2d 388 (U.S. 2000), the U.S Supreme Court ruled that the system devised by the Florida Supreme Court to recount the votes cast in the state during the 2000 U.S. , the Supreme Court decision that put Bush in the White House, was an "illegitimate act" by a "legitimate institution." Hitler and Mussolini rose to power, Calabresi went on, in the same way, Hitler appointed chancellor by President Hindenburg, Mussolini appointed premier by the king of Italy King of Italy (rex Italiae in Latin and re d'Italia in Italian) is a title adopted by many rulers of the Italian peninsula after the fall of the Roman Empire. . Calabresi added that Bush was not Hitler, but he then compared him to Mussolini, saying that, like Il Duce, Bush "has exercised extraordinary power.... It is important," Calabresi concluded, "to put [such a] person out" (the 2004 election was four months away). The Judicial Council of Calabresi's circuit has now ruled that his election advice was a "clear and serious" violation of judicial ethics. Judicial sloganeering slo·gan·eer n. A person who invents or uses slogans. intr.v. slo·gan·eered, slo·gan·eer·ing, slo·gan·eers To invent or use slogans. Noun 1. may not be an impeachable im·peach·a·ble adj. 1. Capable of being impeached: venal, impeachable public servants. 2. Being such as to warrant impeachment: an impeachable offense. offense. But it is a horse's ass offense. Calabresi just got crossed off the Supreme Court list of any future Democratic president. |
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