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jaysunb

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Thu Mar 1, 2012, 07:56 PM Mar 2012

Judge requests misconduct review after racist email about Obama

Source: Los Angeles Times

Reporting from Washington— A judicial misconduct review has been opened against the chief federal judge in Montana for using his computer in his courthouse chambers to forward a racially insensitive email about President Obama.

The review was launched at the request of the judge, Richard Cebull, as calls mounted Thursday for his resignation and legal ethics experts predicted the incident probably would result in Cebull receiving some kind of public admonishment.



Read more: http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-montana-judge-review-racist-email-20120301,0,1618818.story



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Judge requests misconduct review after racist email about Obama (Original Post) jaysunb Mar 2012 OP
Arrest him for arrested development. blm Mar 2012 #1
He blew it eyewall Mar 2012 #2
It wasn't HIS computer, he didnt OWN it. thats #1. #2 big ethics violation #3,,,,,, benld74 Mar 2012 #3
Thank God, something has to be done!! Obamacare Mar 2012 #4
How can any non- white defendant feel comfortable having such a blatant racist as their judge? peacebird Mar 2012 #5
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