Impeachment Inquiry: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, Second Session, Pursuant to H. Res 128, Impeaching Alcee L. Hastings, Judge of the United States District Court ... May 18, 19, 24, 25, 26, June 1, 9, July 6 and 7, 1988. 1987 |
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Page 16 - I do solemnly swear that I will administer justice without respect to persons, and do equal right to the poor and to the rich; and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge all the duties incumbent on me as , according to the best of my abilities and understanding, agreeably to the constitution and laws of the United States.
Page 435 - Any person alleging that a circuit, district, or bankruptcy judge or a magistrate has engaged in conduct prejudicial to the effective and expeditious administration of the business of the courts...
Page 347 - This can never be tied down by such strict rules, either in the delineation of the offence by the prosecutors, or in the construction of it by the Judges, as in common cases serve to limit the discretion of Courts in favor of personal security.
Page 449 - It is to-day universally conceded that the fact of an accused's flight, escape from custody, resistance to arrest, concealment, assumption of a false name, and related conduct, are admissible as evidence of consciousness of guilt, and thus of guilt itself.
Page 429 - Disability; substitute judge on failure to retire) to provide for representation of district judges in proceedings that relate to "conduct prejudicial to the effective and expeditious administration of the business of the courts" or allegations of inability "to discharge all the duties of office by reason of mental or physical disability.
Page 450 - ... since it is a matter of common knowledge that men who are entirely innocent do sometimes fly from the scene of a crime through fear of being apprehended as the guilty parties, or from an unwillingness to appear as witnesses. .Nor is it true as an accepted axiom of criminal law that " the wicked flee when no man pursueth, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.
Page 431 - All papers, documents, and records of proceedings related to investigations shall be confidential and shall not be disclosed by any person in any proceeding unless: (A) the judicial council, the Judicial Conference of the United States, or the Senate or the House of Representatives by resolution, releases any such material which is believed necessary to an impeachment investigation or trial of a judge under article...
Page 16 - That the said Halsted L. Ritter, having been nominated by the President of the United States, confirmed by the Senate of the United States, duly qualified and commissioned, and, while acting as a United States district judge for the southern district of Florida, was and is guilty of...
Page 429 - The chief judge shall transmit copies of his written order to the complainant and to the judge or magistrate whose conduct is the subject of the complaint. (4) If the chief judge does not enter an order under paragraph (3...
Page 430 - Each judicial council shall make all necessary orders for the effective and expeditious administration of the business of the courts within its circuit.