Focus (Forum & Focus)
Oct. 22, 2008
A Judgment Day That Rarely Comes
Insulating the federal judges from election has resulted in a bench that, over the years, has had an enviable reputation for probity, writes Charles S. Doskow.
FOCUS COLUMN
By Charles S. Doskow U.S. District Judge G. Thomas Porteous, Jr. of New Orleans has been investigated for several years for multiple violations of the law, including accepting cash gifts from lawyers with cases in his court, making false statements in his personal bankruptcy proceeding, disobeying the directives of the bankruptcy judge and lying on a bank loan application. Despite the length and depth of the investigation, he was not ...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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