Submitted by Pam Strickland on Tue, 2008/04/29 - 4:01pm.
I haven't read the story, yet, but thought everyone should be made aware of it. It's written by Jamie Satterfield, and is already drawing all those crazy people over there on the KNS site. Why do they let those people even have computers?
Chief U.S. District Judge Curtis Collier today issued a ruling barring Knoxville attorney Herbert S. Moncier from practicing law in any federal court in the Eastern District of Tennessee.
Collier also reprimanded Moncier for remarks made about "opposing counsel."
Submitted by StaceyDiamond on Tue, 2008/04/29 - 4:46pm.
I will come down is support of Herb. It appeared at least the first half of the Sentinel posters did as well, I've seen them way nastier about other articles.
Submitted by InherentConflict (not verified) on Tue, 2008/04/29 - 10:01pm.
There is a bit of a draconian feel to judges passing muster on who can represent individuals in their own courtroom, when that courtroom is located within the United States. If one of the federal judges from Memphis or even Nashville were to drop the axe on Moncier's federal practice, that's one thing, but to have judges acting as judges, prosecutors, witnesses, and juries on the priviledge of being able to represent criminals in the federal court system, that isn't going to fly with the lofty goals of equal protection and fair play. If the local judges wanted to bust Moncier for 6 months, that's one thing, but a 7 year, 5 year, 3 year minimum, that is a bit extreme and while everyone saw it coming, the locals should have bailed, publicized the proceedings, and gotten disinterested third party judges to conduct the proceedings.
Herb's a rascal. He's our rascal and despite his zealous crusade for fairness, he of all people is entitled to the fairness he has sought for others for a number of years.
Why do they let those people even have computers?
Pam, you can have their computers when you pry them from their cold, dead hands.
Larry Van Guilder
Yipes, that sounds something like me and my laptop withdrawal when my computer had to go in the shop a couple of weeks ago.
Pam Strickland
"We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be." ~Kurt Vonnegut
I will come down is support of Herb. It appeared at least the first half of the Sentinel posters did as well, I've seen them way nastier about other articles.
So now we're allowing meanness based on relativeness?
Pam Strickland
"We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be." ~Kurt Vonnegut
There is a bit of a draconian feel to judges passing muster on who can represent individuals in their own courtroom, when that courtroom is located within the United States. If one of the federal judges from Memphis or even Nashville were to drop the axe on Moncier's federal practice, that's one thing, but to have judges acting as judges, prosecutors, witnesses, and juries on the priviledge of being able to represent criminals in the federal court system, that isn't going to fly with the lofty goals of equal protection and fair play. If the local judges wanted to bust Moncier for 6 months, that's one thing, but a 7 year, 5 year, 3 year minimum, that is a bit extreme and while everyone saw it coming, the locals should have bailed, publicized the proceedings, and gotten disinterested third party judges to conduct the proceedings.
Herb's a rascal. He's our rascal and despite his zealous crusade for fairness, he of all people is entitled to the fairness he has sought for others for a number of years.
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