Ohio (R.)Chief justice disqualifies entire Cuyahoga County court(Dems)

[KittyWampus]

Algorem posted this in LBN.

PLEASE SEND THIS TO JON STEWART!

7/13/2005, 5:11 a.m. ET
The Associated Press

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — All 34 judges on the Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court have been disqualified by Ohio's chief justice from hearing a lawsuit alleging corruption by the Republican party.

Chief Justice Thomas Moyer said on Tuesday the unusual move was necessary to eliminate any perception of bias by the court system that's dominated by Democrats. Moyer is a Republican.

Moyer said he will appoint a retired visiting judge from outside Cuyahoga County to the case

Moyer ruled in a lawsuit filed on Aug. 2, 2004, by Cuyahoga County Commissioner Timothy Hagan, the 2002 Democratic nominee for governor...

[acmavm]

1. How did this moran make it through law school, or does he have

a correspondence school degree?

[samsingh]

3. how did bush become president?

[GracieM]

5. Who is John Galt?

[DeepModem Mom]

2. Kick!

[Norquist Nemesis]

4. Omit Dems and pack it with Republicans

to eliminate perception of bias? Perfectly logical in the Anti-Democratic Party.

[GracieM]

6. Duh!

Republicans have a monopoly on being unbiased apparently...

How much longer do I have to have Moyer be my chief justice in Ohio?

[Norquist Nemesis]

7. Sounds to me like the "I" word could be in place

and I'm not talking about 'investigation'.

Is the Ohio Democratic Party considering calling for impeachment?

[GracieM]

8. Iguana?

sorry....

[Norquist Nemesis]

10. Idiot or Ideology would work too!

:P

Welcome to DU! :hi:

[GracieM]

11. Inept?

thank you, good to add my voice

[Ready2Snap]

16. Do they have a five day waiting period in Ohio?

[faithnotgreed]

9. democracy in ohio continues its march...

[McCamy Taylor]

12. WTF?

[jmcon007]

13. Let's see...so, if everyone gets off scott free, that won't appear biased?

He just branded these judges as not qualified to, uh...judge.

[TayTay]

14. kick n.t

[GreenPartyVoter]

15. Riiight. No bias if the dems are exchanged for Repubs

[donkeyotay]

17. Are Republicans insane?????

Theirs really doesn't stink, does it? Everytime I think I've heard it all, they come up with one better.