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IS HOWAR DEAN A CRIMINAL TOO?	Current rating: 0
by scott huminski Email: s_huminski (nospam) hotmail.com (unverified!)	22 Aug 2003
Dean's appointment of Vermont Attorney General Sorrell and Sorrell's criminal violation of civil rights law and bribery cover-up.
Dean is quite impressed with Vermont Attorney General William Sorrell. He appointed him Attorney General in the late 1990’s to fill a vacancy and then Sorrell was his # 1 choice for CHIEF JUSTICE of the Vermont Supreme Court. Sorrell was removed from consideration because he had no judicial experience. Good try Dean. A google search on “Howard Dean William Sorrell” speaks volumes. A vote for Dean is a vote to appoint William Sorrell to a very high federal position as Dean will take this unusually close associate with him. US Attorney General maybe? http://www.gwu.edu/~action/2004/dean/dean0702/freyneint.html http://rutlandherald.nybor.com/News/Story/68525.html http://www.rutlandherald.com/News/Story/66910.html http://www.reformer.com/Stories/0,1413,102%257E8860%257E1089066,00.html http://www.state.vt.us/atg/vtag.htm After Dean’s judges had been enjoined for 2 years from interfering in my access to Vermont Courthouses, Sorrell engineered a plan to re-banish me. The banishment lasted one month before the federal court woke up and re-placed an injunction on Dean’s judicial appointees once again. Google search on “Scott Huminski First Amendment”. The story is all there from the Associated Press, the Freedom Forum, First Amendment Cyber Tribune and many others. http://www.benningtonbanner.com/Stories/0,1413,104~8678~831060,00.html Courthouse access is a first amendment right according to US Supreme Court Precedent. See Press-Enterprise cases. Sorrell’s conduct last year constitutes criminal violation of federal civil rights law. See federal law below. They say birds of a feather flock together. Is Dean a criminal too, or just a very poor judge of character. Either way there should be concern. By the way, Sorrell is currently busy covering-up the acceptance of a bribes by two Vermont Prosecutors, William Wright and John Lavoie. This fact stands undisputed before the United State Second Circuit Court of Appeals in NYC, # 03-7036. Unfortunately it’s not online, but, I will email court pleadings to any interested parties. Another Dean item…. http://www.counterpunch.org/frank08122003.html Scott Huminski UNITED STATES CODE Title 18 Sec. 241. - Conspiracy against rights If two or more persons conspire to injure, oppress, threaten, or intimidate any person in any State, Territory, Commonwealth, Possession, or District in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to him by the Constitution or laws of the United States, or because of his having so exercised the same; or They shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; and if death results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include kidnapping or an attempt to kidnap, aggravated sexual abuse or an attempt to commit aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to kill, they shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for any term of years or for life, or both, or may be sentenced to death Sec. 242. - Deprivation of rights under color of law Whoever, under color of any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom, willfully subjects any person in any State, Territory, Commonwealth, Possession, or District to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States, or to different punishments, pains, or penalties, on account of such person being an alien, or by reason of his color, or race, than are prescribed for the punishment of citizens, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and if bodily injury results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include the use, attempted use, or threatened use of a dangerous weapon, explosives, or fire, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; and if death results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include kidnapping or an attempt to kidnap, aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to commit aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to kill, shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned for any term of years or for life, or both, or may be sentenced to death

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Tempest In A Teapot?
by ML (No verified email address)	Current rating: 0 22 Aug 2003 Modified: 08:19:57 AM
I find it interesting that the citations offered by the author provide no support for his conspiratorial views that Dean is behind his troubles. While I agree that his ban for political speech is problematic, so is his assertion that there is some sort of conspiracy against him that reaches all the way to the governor's office. For that, we only have his word, which seems more motivated by his own electoral failures than anything Dean may or may not have done. As for Sorrell, it looks like he has a rather impressive record of acheivement and is qualified, although I can't say that I would personally support him or Dean. Sour grapes seem to explain a lot about the motivations of Huminski. If anything, his unsupported claim that Dean is somehow a "criminal" says much about Huminski's own qualifications for electoral office.