Judge Who Let Cheney Off Linked to Major Oil Companies

[realFedUp]

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Judge Who Let Cheney Off Linked to Major Oil Companies

Federal Judge A. Raymond Randolph yesterday ruled in favor of Vice President Dick Cheney in Cheney's efforts to keep his energy task force records secret. Cheney has already been cited by the GAO for allowing energy companies to write much of the task force's documents. So why would the judge make this ruling? Could it have anything to do with a sympathy for energy companies brought on by his close proximity to America's oil industry giants?

Check out the details. Randolph serves on the Judicial Advisory Board of George Mason's Law & Economics Center (he has apparently served there for at least a few years, and may still currently). This is the same Law & Economics Center famous for taking judges on training junkets, and for being financed with huge amounts of cash from oil industry giants like Exxon. Raymond is also an adjunct law professor at George Mason University, a place that has taken millions from Koch Industries - another major oil company (for more on Koch's multi-million dollar ties to George Mason, see Media Transparency's special site).

For more, see this other site that looked into this at bottom.

Sources:
Judge Randolph lets Cheney off: http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2005-05-10T185527Z_01_N1013959_RTRIDST_0_NEWS-ENERGY-CHENEY-DC.XML
Cheney already cited by GAO: http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A44891-2003Aug25?language=printer
Randolph serves on the board of the Law & Economics Center: http://www.law.gmu.edu/lawecon/2004 Programs brochure.pdf
Law & Economics Center funded with Exxon cash: http://www.exxonsecrets.org/html/orgfactsheet.php?id=37
Randolph is an adjunct professor at George Mason University Law School: http://www.law.gmu.edu/faculty/bio.php?fac=58
George Mason funded with millions from Koch Industries: http://www.commonwealinstitute.org/reports/TortReport.pdf
Media Transparency's special site: http://www.mediatransparency.org/funders/koch_family_foundations.htm
More information: http://www.legitgov.org/news_cheney_task_force_judge_051005.html

[MindPilot]

1. I'm shocked I tell you, shocked!!

The good old boy network never fails.

[realFedUp]

2. lol

that's the trouble...these people shock
us so much we've become deadened to it.

[Double T]

3. Unbiased Judicial System ??? NOT !!!!

[Double T]

4. Unbiased Judicial System ??? I Think NOT !!!!