[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 3]
[House]
[Pages 3611-3612]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 JUDGES' HALL OF SHAME--MARILYN MACKEL

  (Mr. POE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. POE. Madam Speaker, judges should keep politics out of their 
judicial decisions, but not so with California Judge Marilyn Mackel. 
She is a loud opponent of U.S. liberation of Iraq. So when Shawn Sage, 
a foster child of 17, appeared before her to obtain permission to early 
enlist in the United States Marine Corps, she summarily denounced his 
request and told him she was opposed to the war in Iraq.
  Shawn appeared in court with his supporting foster parents just to be 
insulted by a judge who makes decisions based on politics. Judge Mackel 
is a repeat offender, however. Judge ``Gone Wild'' Mackel has shown 
prejudice against the military before when she prevented a foster child 
from joining the United States Navy, all because of a political bias.
  As a former judge, it appears to me the abuse of power by this anti-
American military, peacenik judge is the

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perfect example of her having a terminal case of black robe disease, a 
disease some judges get when their personal politics cloud their 
judgment. Keep politics and wacky judges out of the courthouse. Judge 
Mackel is the newest member of the Judges' Hall of Shame.
  And that's just the way it is.

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