Judicial Watch exposes ACLU judge as ...ACLU judge

From Judicial Watch...

Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption and judicial abuse, announced today that Judge Anna Diggs Taylor, who last week ruled the government’s warrantless wiretapping program unconstitutional, serves as a Secretary and Trustee for a foundation that donated funds to the ACLU of Michigan, a plaintiff in the case (ACLU et. al v. National Security Agency). Judicial Watch discovered the potential conflict of interest after reviewing Judge Diggs Taylor’s financial disclosure statements.

According to her 2003 and 2004 financial disclosure statements, Judge Diggs Taylor served as Secretary and Trustee for the Community Foundation for Southeastern Michigan (CFSEM). She was reelected to this position in June 2005. The official CFSEM website states that the foundation made a “recent grant” of $45,000 over two years to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Michigan, a plaintiff in the wiretapping case. Judge Diggs Taylor sided with the ACLU of Michigan in her recent decision.

Of course, remember that if it had been almost any other organization this would be universally considered conflict of interest, but the ACLU, as determined by ACLU judges, is an exception and judges who are members of, donate to or volunteer for the ACLU are considered (as all Liberals consider themselves) above the rest of unwashed humanity, and would never allow their subjection to...er...involvement with the ACLU to affect their job.

Hat tip: Stop the ACLU

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Posted by Danny Carlton at August 23, 2006 12:12 PM