Hey Scalia, Roberts, Alito and Thomas

[malaise]

Have you seen that the judge in Louisiana has been impeached and convicted.

Just saying!!!

[SpiralHawk]

1. Was he a RepubliCorp ass kisser?

Like the 4 Supremos (R) ?

[brendan120678]

5. I think he tended to be more liberal...

but I'm not completely certain.

According to his Wiki bio:

He has controversially ruled in several landmark cases against the state, including one 2002 case in which he ruled that the state of Louisiana was illegally using federal money to promote religion in its abstinence-only sex education programs.<2> He ordered the state to stop giving money to individuals or organizations that "convey religious messages or otherwise advance religion" with tax dollars.<2> Judge Porteous also said there was ample evidence that many of the groups participating in the Governor's Program on Abstinence were "furthering religious objectives."<3>

Also in 2002, Porteous overturned a federal ban on rave paraphernalia such as glowsticks, pacifiers, and dust masks, originally banned due to the subculture's ties to recreational drugs such as Ecstasy<4>, after the American Civil Liberties Union successfully claimed the ban to be unconstitutional.<4> He had previously ruled in 1999 against a Louisiana law aimed at banning the late-term abortion procedure known as dilation and extraction.<5>

[robinlynne]

6. Looks like he was a good judge. and the right got to him.

[blondeatlast]

2. +1,477. It could happen... nt

[indepat]

4. Not with pubs in control of the House

;)

[Ozymanithrax]

3. Amazing that this happened entirely under the radar...

of the public.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2010/12/08/131904475/senate-convicts-louisiana-judge-on-impeachment-charge