Your new House Intelligence Committee Chair when the Dems take over in January:

Phantom · 10-23-2006, 01:39 PM

Alcee Lamar Hastings

Originally Posted by Wikipedia

A Representative since 1993 and a Democrat, Hastings was a lawyer and judge of the circuit court of Broward County, Florida, and United States District Court judge for the Southern District of Florida (1979 to 1989).
After his impeachment and removal from office for corruption and perjury (see below), Hastings was elected to the House of Representatives in 1992. He is a member of the Congressional Black Caucus and was elected President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Coöperation in Europe in July 2004.
If the Democrats were to regain control of the House, as of 2006 Hastings would be next in line, due to his seniority, to chair the House Intelligence Committee.

His claim to fame is to be the only the 6th Federal Judge in U.S. history to be removed from office by impeachment - by a Democratic Congress too.

ballz2wallz · 10-23-2006, 06:29 PM

Gee, I can't wait til our government gets a makeover...by people even worse than the ones we currently have in office.

7960 · 10-23-2006, 06:37 PM

Hey, that was 1989... he could have changed in 15 years. Why keep bringing up the past? How about we deal with the issues today?

WickedLou9 · 10-23-2006, 06:49 PM

I don't know if I buy some random article from Wiki that could have been written by anyone, including a GOP PR firm.

And just because he is next in line doesn't mean he will be the one.

7960 · 10-23-2006, 06:59 PM

Originally Posted by WickedLou9

I don't know if I buy some random article from Wiki that could have been written by anyone, including a GOP PR firm. .....

this may be an all-time low.

he was impeached

http://www.justicelearning.org/justi...neEventID=1484
http://www.openxtra.co.uk/articles/wpa-vs-80211i.php

WickedLou9 · 10-23-2006, 07:06 PM

Originally Posted by 7960

this may be an all-time low.

he was impeached

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he was impeached.. in 1988! lol I don't think he's next in line for anything

motivez · 10-23-2006, 07:37 PM

Originally Posted by Phantom

His claim to fame is to be the only the 6th Federal Judge in U.S. history to be removed from office by impeachment - by a Democratic Congress too.

And I'm sure unlike the Republicans, if he screws up while in a position of Chair of anything, they'll hold him accountable too regardless of his politics.

garbagemanlb · 10-23-2006, 08:04 PM

Originally Posted by motivez

And I'm sure unlike the Republicans, if he screws up while in a position of Chair of anything, they'll hold him accountable too regardless of his politics.

Donkey® · 10-23-2006, 09:27 PM

How about we crucify him once he actually fills the position he's being claimed to fill? There's plenty of incompetence in positions filled with Republicans at the moment to comment on. Let's focus on reality.

kinggovernor · 10-23-2006, 10:00 PM

if you get impeached from a federal office you should not be allowed to hold office elsewhere

Kytro · 10-23-2006, 11:13 PM

Originally Posted by kinggovernor

if you get impeached from a federal office you should not be allowed to hold office elsewhere

I would argue that it depends on circumstances, though it is certainly a possible sanction that could be applied.

I am way of the idea of erecting walls in front of people that are eternal.

My biggest issue is that people can make mistakes, and the idea that you can never recover from a mistake isn't logical. This differs from continued willfull violations, however.

6SpeedTA95 · 10-23-2006, 11:39 PM

How is this guy an elected official after being a judge and being impeached? You know how hard it is to impeach judges?

ridiculous.

Kytro · 10-23-2006, 11:46 PM

Originally Posted by 6SpeedTA95

How is this guy an elected official after being a judge and being impeached? You know how hard it is to impeach judges? ridiculous.

Obviously easier than convicting them.

Alcee L. Hastings was a district judge for the Southern District of Florida. In 1981 he was indicted for conspiracy to solicit and accept a bribe but acquitted by a jury.

I'm not going to say that the jury is any better / worse than the Senate, however jury bias is different from what politicians.

6SpeedTA95 · 10-23-2006, 11:52 PM

Originally Posted by Kytro

Obviously easier than convicting them.

I'm not going to say that the jury is any better / worse than the Senate, however jury bias is different from what politicians.

This is true but the fact that either party would endorse him is pretty disturbing.x

kinggovernor · 10-24-2006, 01:25 AM

Originally Posted by 6SpeedTA95

This is true but the fact that either party would endorse him is pretty disturbing.x

who ran against him, seriously

Kytro · 10-24-2006, 01:31 AM

Originally Posted by 6SpeedTA95

This is true but the fact that either party would endorse him is pretty disturbing.x

Politics can be a strange animal - a week is a long time in politics.