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EDITORIAL: U.S. Senate should kick Judge Thomas Porteous out Times-Picayune (excerpt)
The House of Representatives' unanimous decision Thursday to impeach U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Porteous is a severe condemnation of a corrupt and disgraced public official. The resounding approval of four articles of impeachment is also a testament to the strength of the evidence exposing Judge Porteous as a crook, who for years took kickbacks from lawyers and from a bail bondsman. Judge Porteous also lied repeatedly under oath, including during his confirmation process to the federal bench in 1994, according to the articles of impeachment. Numerous federal judges in two judicial disciplinary bodies, including one led by U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, had previously weighed that evidence and concluded Judge Porteous deserved impeachment. So did a special House task force and the full House Judiciary Committee. In reaching the same conclusion Thursday, the House made Judge Porteous only the 15th jurist to be impeached in the nation's history.
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