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Mississippi Judge disgraces the bench

By Glen Ashman

Here is a judge who does not respect the Constitution and needs to be immediately kicked off the bench (as much as I respect the pledge, I respect free speech and the Constitution more):

Miss. judge again asks courtroom to say pledge

TUPELO, Miss. (AP) ? A Mississippi judge again asked everyone in his courtroom to stand and pledge allegiance to the flag, despite an uproar over whether he has the right to make such a request. The furor began Wednesday when an attorney with a reputation for fighting free speech battles stayed silent as everyone else recited the patriotic oath. The lawyer was jailed.  A day later, Judge Talmadge Littlejohn continued to ask those in his courtroom to say the pledge.The Supreme Court ruled nearly 70 years ago that schoolchildren couldn't be forced to say the pledge, a decision widely interpreted to mean no one could be required to recite it...Lampley, 49, previously refused to say the pledge in front of Littlejohn in June. He was asked to leave the courtroom, but returned after the pledge...Lampley was representing a client in a divorce case when he was found in contempt. The judge's order, obtained by The Associated Press, said: "Lampley shall purge himself of said criminal contempt by complying with the order of this Court by standing and reciting the Pledge of Allegiance in open court..."

Full post as published by It's (Barely) Legal on October 08, 2010 (boomark / email).