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William A. Jacobson Legal Insurrection 8/7/2010 I previously posted about John “Jack” McConnell, Jr., a major Democratic Party campaign donor who had been nominated by Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) to an open seat on the U.S. District Court in Rhode Island. McConnell was a controversial nominee not only because he donated several hundred thousand dollars to […] August 7th, 2010 | Tags: John J. McConnell Jr, U.S. District Court | Category: Barack Obama, corruption, Federal Judges | Comments are closed
Editorial Washington Examiner 6/30/2010 Jack McConnell, left, a Rhode Island trial lawyer who made famous lead paint lawsuits, is the president’s pick to preside over the federal district court in his home state (Stew Milne/AP file) We have learned from the sordid saga of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich of Illinois of the lengths […] July 4th, 2010 | Tags: American Association of Justice, John J. McConnell Jr, Sen. Lindsey Graham, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse | Category: corruption, Federal Judges, Rhode Island | Comments are closed
William A. Jacobson Legal Insurrection 6/30/2010 Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) is one of the most polarizing Senators. His favorite form of argument is reduced to the following: “You are bad, we are good.” If you were from Rhode Island, as I am, you would understand that this has been Whitehouse’s political character long before he became […] July 2nd, 2010 | Tags: Elena Kagan, John J. McConnell Jr, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse | Category: corruption, Politics, Progressives, Rhode Island, SCOTUS, Video | Comments are closed
DRScoundrels 6/15/2010 The ACORN apologists over at Media Matters were hard at work last week as they took time to once again whitewash or ignore the truth in order to protect ACORN. Even though Media Matters claims that my article titled “Radical Judicial Nominee Jack McConnell’s Disturbing ACORN Connections” is “nothing new” and the […] June 15th, 2010 | Tags: Cotchett Pitre & McCarthy, John J. McConnell Jr, Media Matters for America, Motley Rice, Sherwin-Williams | Category: ACORN, Barack Obama, California, corruption, Department of Justice, Rhode Island | Comments are closed
…$432,000 William A. Jacobson Legal Insurrection 5/13/2010 Just ask Jack McConnell, who appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee today. McConnell has been nominated by Rhode Island Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (for whom McConnell used to work) and Jack Reed for an open seat on the U.S. District Court in Rhode Island. McConnell made a fortune in […] May 16th, 2010 | Tags: John J. McConnell Jr, Prof. William A. Jacobson, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, U.S. District Court | Category: Barack Obama, corruption, Rhode Island | Comments are closed
“With plenty of former corporate lawyers on the federal bench, there’s a need for more judges who spring from modest roots and ‘who care about the little guy,’ said Sen. Jack Reed, a Harvard-trained lawyer who asked President Obama last year to nominate the 51-year-old McConnell [worth $15 million], a […] May 13th, 2010 | Tags: John J. McConnell Jr, Sen. Jack Reed, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, Senate Judiciary Committee | Category: Barack Obama, Federal Judges, Rhode Island, South Carolina | Comments are closed
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