Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Lucy Billings, the Judge who signed an early-morning order temporarily barring cops from keeping protesters and tents out of Zuccotti Park, has been removed from the case and a new Judge is being assigned, according to reports.
Billings’ name has been removed from the list of candidates for the hearing.
Billings spent 25 years as a lawyer for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
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Conflict of interest if ACLU is serving as counsel of record for anyone in the case. If she was the judge on call she should have issues a temporary order and then disqualified herself.
Scary to think that the City can remove a Judge that doesn’t agree with them. What about the so called 3 branches of Government?
The unions have her in their pocket. Good thing they removed her. Now let’s get these people off the street and tell them to go occupy a job.
Waddya mean ‘tell me to go occupy a job’? Would YOU hire them? They seem to be anti-authority. Not a good prospect for an emp;oyer.
TO #4: They can always work for the government or the Postal Service!!!
Let them occupy jail cells
Gee, what a surprise. Judge Billings worked for the ACLU. Let them “occupy” her street.
She is UNQUALIFIED!