Litigation

Calls for Impeachment of Judge Bybee Get More Media Attention

By Jason Barrett

With impeachment threats growing against Judge Jay Bybee,  media outlets are publishing story after story on the issue.  As Gavel Grab has previously covered, Judge Bybee is under attack for memos authorizing harsh treatment of detainees, recently released by the Obama administration, that he drafted prior to his time on the federal bench.

The Los Angeles Times reports that any attempt to criminally prosecute Judge Bybee would face serious legal challenges.  The article points out that there would have to be evidence of a crime to successfully remove him from the bench.  Stephen A. Saltzburg, a law professor at George Washington University, says in the interview that being a bad lawyer and giving bad advice is not a crime.

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Full post as published by The Gavel on April 23, 2009 (boomark / email).