[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 57 (Wednesday, April 21, 2010)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2529-S2530]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT AGAINST JUDGE PORTEOUS

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Chair submits to the Senate for printing 
in the Senate Journal and in the Congressional Record the replication-
errata of the House of Representatives to the Answer of Judge G. Thomas 
Porteous, Jr., to the Articles of Impeachment against Judge Porteous, 
pursuant to S. Res. 457, 111th Congress, Second Session, which 
replication was received by the Secretary of the Senate on April 21, 
2010.
  The replication-errata of the House of Representatives is as follows:

                                Congress of the United States,

                                   Washington, DC, April 21, 2010.
     Re Impeachment of G. Thomas Porteous, Jr., United States 
         District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 
         Replication--Errata

     Hon. Nancy Erickson,
     Secretary of the Senate, U.S. Senate,
     Washington, DC.
       Dear Ms. Erickson: On behalf of the House Managers, I am 
     writing to inform the Senate of the following errata in the 
     Replication that the House filed April 15, 2010.
       Page 5, first sentence in the Section entitled ``Fourth 
     Affirmative Defense,'' the word ``voluntary'' should be 
     deleted, so that the sentence now reads: ``The House of 
     Representatives denies each and every allegation of this 
     purported affirmative defense, which, in effect, seeks to 
     suppress the statements of a highly educated and experienced 
     Federal judge, made under oath, before other Federal 
     judges.''
       Page 6, last sentence in the Section entitled ``Fourth 
     Affirmative Defense,'' the words ``voluntary and'' should be 
     deleted, so that the sentence now reads: ``Accordingly, there 
     is simply no credible basis to argue that the Senate should 
     not consider Judge Porteous's immunized Fifth Circuit 
     testimony.''
       Page 9, first sentence in the Section entitled ``Fourth 
     Affirmative Defense,'' the word ``voluntary'' should be 
     deleted, so that the sentence now reads: ``The House of 
     Representatives denies each and every allegation of this 
     purported affirmative defense, which, in effect, seeks to 
     suppress the statements of a highly educated and experienced 
     Federal judge, made under oath, before other Federal 
     judges.''
       Page 9, last sentence in the Section entitled ``Fourth 
     Affirmative Defense,'' the

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     words ``voluntary and'' should be deleted, so that the 
     sentence now reads: ``There is simply no credible basis to 
     argue that the Senate should not consider Judge Porteous's 
     immunized Fifth Circuit testimony.''
       I would request that any future published versions of this 
     Replication incorporate and reflect the above changes. 
     Further, in that the Replication has been published in the 
     Congressional Record, to the extent consistent with the 
     Senate rules, we respectfully request that this letter 
     likewise be published.
       A copy of this letter will be served upon counsel for Judge 
     Porteous today through electronic mail.
           Sincerely,
                                                    Alan I. Baron,
     Special Impeachment Counsel.

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