Tuesday, May 03, 2011
"Disclosure Delayed Is Justice Denied"
I'm with the writer on this.
Important issues like this are only made more controversial by individual lack of integrity.
Not to mention, a state Supreme Court justice...
Important issues like this are only made more controversial by individual lack of integrity.
Not to mention, a state Supreme Court justice...
Ed Whelan writes about it on the Narional Review website:
"wo weeks ago, former federal district judge Vaughn Walker, who ruled last summer in Perry v. Schwarzenegger that California’s Proposition 8 is unconstitutional, publicly disclosed for the first time that he has been in a same-sex relationship for the past ten years. A straightforward application of the judicial ethics rules compels the conclusion that Walker should have recused himself from taking part in the Perry case. Further, under well-established Supreme Court precedent, the remedy of vacating Walker’s judgment is timely and necessary.
Let’s begin with the relevant facts that bear on the recusal question.
According to his recent disclosure, Walker has been in a relationship with the same man for the past ten years. Walker and his partner evidently live in the San Francisco area."
