| Senate Judiciary Committee hearing; on Judge Beaty's nomination, 1994 | |
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| Quasimodo | Oct 16 2010, 03:41 PM Post #1 |
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(note the intense, probing questions...) http://www.archive.org/stream/confirmationhear06unit/confirmationhear06unit_djvu.txt (1994) Senator Metzenbaum: Mr. Beaty, we will have you come for- ward. Do you solemnly swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you God? Judge Beaty: I do, sir. Senator Metzenbaum: Thank you. Senator Hatch: Senator Metzenbaum, if I could, in regard to Judge Beaty, we welcome you, Judge Beaty, who has been nomi- nated to be on the Federal District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina. Senator Helms had planned to appear before the committee to in- troduce you. He asked me to make this statement. However, inas- much as Judge Beaty was placed on our agenda for today's hearing only this morning, Senator Helms was unable to get out of a prior commitment and make his way over here, so he feels badly about that. He did ask me to thank the committee for its prompt handling of this nomination and would like consent to have a statement on behalf of Judge Beaty included in the record in this hearing. [The prepared statement of Senator Helms follows:] (snip) Senator Hatch: Frankly, Senator Metzenbaum, I don't think I have to ask this nominee any questions. I am prepared to support him all the way through, and do it in a vigorous manner. Senator Metzenbaum: Thank you. Senator Hatch. Judge Beaty, do you have any opening statement you care to make? Judge Beaty: No opening statement. Senator, other than to thank you for the opportunity to be here and also to recognize my wife who is with me today, Toy. My son could not be here. He is off in school at the School of Science and Math in Durham, NC. Other than that, thank you for being here. QUESTIONING BY SENATOR METZENBAUM Senator Metzenbaum: Thank you, and let me just ask you one question. You have been a State court judge for 13 years. Before that, you were an active litigator for a number of years. Given your background and prior experience, please speak about the role and significance of judicial temperament and indicate what elements of this temperament you consider the most important. Judge Beaty: Senator, judicial temperament certainly is very im- portant. I have tried to make that one of the guiding lights of my service as a judge to make sure that everyone has an opportunity to be heard. As a part of that is included a great deal of patience. Having a listening ear and a great deal of patience — I think carry- ing that into any judiciary is certainly most important for judicial temperament. Senator Metzenbaum: Mr. Beaty, there is a cloture vote on at this moment and Senator Hatch and I have an obligation to get there, but we also have an obligation to hear from Judge Briones. I think you are well on your way. I think the pressures of time are working in your favor, not against you, so we will excuse you and go forward with Judge Briones, but we are going to make every ef- fort to confirm you before we conclude this session. Thank you very much. Judge Beaty: Thank you. Senator. Thank you. Senator Hatch. Senator Hatch: It almost seems a waste of time coming up here, doesn't it? Judge Beaty: Never a waste of time. Thank you for yours. Senator Hatch: We are always glad to hear that. Senator Metzenbaum: Not too bad. Senator Hatch: You did great. |
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| abb | Oct 16 2010, 03:43 PM Post #2 |
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Excellent investigative reporting. We need to know all there is to know about Beaty. |
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| Quasimodo | Oct 18 2010, 09:44 AM Post #3 |
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$2 million for reckless indifference and malice, which resulted in her not being allowed on a team. Compare that with a year of death threats, a sullied reputations (the stigma of which still lasts), immense legal costs, damage to more than forty families, a coach fired, etc. |
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| Quasimodo | Oct 19 2010, 09:53 AM Post #4 |
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Poster comment from 2008 at DIW:
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| Deleted User | Oct 19 2010, 10:17 PM Post #5 |
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" Duke acted with malice and reckless indifference." It looks like we have a precedent for the lax case. I think this phrase pretty well sums up Duke's conduct. |
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