CITIZENS OF LOUISIANA SHOULD IGNORE VITTER’S VENOMOUS REMARKS

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CITIZENS OF LOUISIANA SHOULD IGNORE VITTER’S VENOMOUS REMARKS
Denouncing State Supreme Court Slap in the Face to Judicial System

BATON ROUGE – David Vitter has slung yet another one of his venomous rants by accusing the Louisiana Supreme Court and the state’s entire judicial system of being biased and prejudiced.

Bobby Jindal’s number one henchman, Vitter says the question of John Breaux’s citizenship is irrelevant to the governor’s race and that Bush’s partisan puppet and perpetual politician will win this fall.

Vitter tried to convince a group of Monroe Republicans recently that “the state courts are stacked for Breaux” and that he has little confidence that the Louisiana Supreme Court, if handed his residency case, will render a fair and nonbiased opinion.

How can an attorney and adjunct law professor, who practiced in the very Louisiana courts he now defames, have such disdain and spite for the arena in which he made his living?

“The justices of the Supreme Court, despite their party affiliation took an oath to uphold the law and fairly interpret the Louisiana Constitution in a non-biased manner,” said Louisiana Democratic Party Chairman Chris Whittington. “For Vitter to disparage the state’s highest court and its entire judicial system, he is discrediting any trust the people of Louisiana have in our judges,” Whittington said.

“Vitter is abusing his position by slinging his vindictive and spiteful barbs at any and every one who he thinks poses a threat to Jindal. In our judicial system, where party politics and partisan loyalty should be left at the door, Vitter is creating an air of skepticism and mistrust,” Whittington said. “For a party that claims they have a new way plan for Louisiana, it is employing the old method of diabolical attacks at one’s character for the sole purpose of victory at any cost.”

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