Isaac Parker, Tulsa (5/6/2009 5:50:28 AM)

L.Hayes...please chill out and seek psychological help now. Hope you don't have access to sharp objects or other destructive instruments.

Bouldergeist, (5/6/2009 7:28:53 AM)

Why he left is patently obvious: McConnell wanted SCOTUS, so he could push his Roe v. Wade agenda. When that hope was vanquished due to the scuttling of the S.S. McCain, there was no reason to stay.

Beyond that, the gig on the Circuit was little more than a way for Prof. McConnell to pad his resume. He spent so much time teaching and gallivanting across the country on the rubber-chicken circuit that his judgeship was a part-time job. He rarely even read the unpublished opinions “he” delivered, as evidenced by Harrington v. Wilson, No. 06-1418 (10th Cir. Jun. 7, 2007) (unpublished) (withdrawn). Simply put, even the least competent judge on the federal bench ought to know that if you don’t have jurisdiction, you can’t dismiss a claim with prejudice. Ex parte McCardle is mandatory reading in any law school curriculum.

Prof. McConnell (he doesn’t deserve the “Your Honor” part) doesn’t belong so much on a park bench as he does a prison bench. We as citizens are entitled as a matter of law to the intangible benefit of the honest services of our public officials; failure to provide it is honest services mail fraud. 18 U.S.C. Secs. 1341-1346. But as you have probably figured out by now, there is one law for the well-connected, and another for the rest of us.