Judge takes Congress to task in bankruptcy case

[harpboy_ak]

IMHO the judge SHOULD have just declared the damned law unconstitutional and unconscionable.

Judge takes Congress to task in bankruptcy case
Legal world abuzz about tirade calling act inane, confusing.

http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/02/5bankrupt.html

By Robert Elder
AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Sunday, February 05, 2006

FREDERICKSBURG — Alfonso Sosa, a house painter here who made about $20,000 last year, filed for bankruptcy the morning of Dec. 6, hoping to avoid the foreclosure on his family's mobile home scheduled for later that day. Judge Frank Monroe of Austin rejected the case 16 days later — with a bang.

In his ruling, Monroe said the new federal bankruptcy law is full of traps for consumers, calling some of its provisions "inane," "absurd" and incomprehensible to "any rational human being."

He stopped just short of accusing Congress of being bought and paid for, dryly noting, "Apparently, it is not the individual consumers of this country that make the donations to the members of Congress that allow them to be elected and re-elected and re-elected and re-elected."
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[biscotti]

1. Hope this gets

spread far and wide. This was a terrible piece of legislation.

[RazzleDazzle]

10. Have there been any good ones lately?

Not that I'm disagreeing with you -- not a whit. Just sayin' ..........

[rodeodance]

11. well, we should all Media blast this---help with the wide coverage please.

[zann725]

20. Kick! And recommend.

And let's hear it for the judge for calling-it-what-it-is!

Can anyone get Keith O. to cover this one?

[sasquatch]

2. Congress says

"Excuse me, I couldn't hear you at the time I was busy getting a blow job from MNBA while you were ruling."

[No Exit]

19. LOL!!!!

[drm604]

3. K&R

:kick:

[gulfcoastliberal]

4. Thank you, DLC "New Dems" in the House & Senate

You fucking soulless pond scum sellouts.

[54anickel]

5. Last paragraph...this story needs to get some legs!

Monroe's opinion inspired Austin lawyer Randy Howry, president of the Austin Bar Association, to send it to all 3,700 members. He praised Monroe's order as "a reminder to us all that as lawyers and judges, we are the protectors of our democracy. . . . We must not sit idly by as our constitutional rights are being shredded."

[brokensymmetry]

6. You beat me to it!

I was getting ready to post that wonderful final paragraph.

:kick: anyway!

[54anickel]

8. Must be that "great minds..." thingy at work. Time to K&R...eom

[wordpix2]

7. thank god there are still some patriots left among lawyers and judges

[brer cat]

9. Go Judge Monroe! n/t

[lovuian]

12. I love that it was a Texas Federal Judge!!!

This Congress is cruel corrupt and causing chaos!!!

[NVMojo]

13. I can't forget that Reid voted for this and owned Citicorp/or group stock

at the time.

[KT2000]

14. Hooray for Randy Howry

he reminded the other lawyers in Texas that they need to protect the Constitution that is currently being shredded.


:patriot:

[Daphne08]

15. He is right to do so because the banking and credit card

industry (practically) wrote the bill!

[BR_Parkway]

16. CC companies need to donate to AmTaliban, we'll need a chorus

of "activist judges" after that one. And who carries more 'moral authority' these days than the Pharisees

[AzDar]

17. It's about TIME!! I am just so damned GRATEFUL when someone

actually speaks the truth these days that it shocks me.

[donheld]

18. I hope more judges come down on this

We must fight back.

[radio4progressives]

21. K&R

:kick: :applause:

[Joe Chi Minh]

22. What a diamond geezer!

[leftstreet]

23. Send him a postcard.

Google: Judge Monroe Austin for his office address.

Thank him for reminding the other two EQUAL branches of govt that The Judicial Branch isn't exactly dead.