CNN.com 03/02/12 Bill Mears & Moni Basu
“Judge unlikely to face removal for racist message about Obama”
Come this summer, Judge Richard Cebull will be conducting business in a brand new $79 million federal courthouse in Billings, Montana, paid for through President Obama's economic recovery program. That is, if Cebull survives the firestorm engulfing him for forwarding a racist e-mail about the president.
Several advocacy groups and lawmakers have called for Cebull's resignation, but the judge will probably not face any harsh punitive action, said CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin.
The Joke sent is:
“A little boy said to his mother, 'Mommy, how come I'm black and you're white?' His mother replied, 'Don't even go there Barack! From what I can remember about that party, you're lucky you don't bark!'"
"The problem is there is almost no remedy for judicial misconduct except by impeachment by the House and removal by the Senate," Toobin said.
Since word of the e-mail became public, Cebull has initiated an ethics complaint against himself and sent Obama a letter of apology.
Common Sense Review
The joke is in poor taste but not racist. We need to quit characterizing anything offensive pertaining to Pres. Obama as racist. It isn’t. A racist is defined as: somebody who hates others who are not of his or her own race.
This judge probably learned his lesson, however he has the Constitution right to partake in poor taste joke…
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