Richard Sanders, a justice on the Washington State Supreme Court, has never been one to shy from controversy or blunt language. And last week, as he sat at a Federalist Society dinner and listened to Attorney General Michael Mukasey, Sanders reached his tipping point.
After listening to Mukasey defend the Bush administration's counterterrorism policies — its detainment practices at Guantánamo Bay, its interpretation of the Geneva Conventions' reach — Sanders stood and shouted "Tyrant! You are a tyrant!"
"Frankly, everybody in the room was applauding or sometimes laughing, and I thought, 'I've got to stand up and say something.' And I did," Sanders told The Seattle Times Tuesday. "I stood up and said, 'Tyrant,' then I sat down again, then I left."
It wasn't until the next morning — when he turned on the TV in his hotel room — that Sanders learned what happened after he departed: Mukasey, later in his speech, began slurring his words, slumped at the podium and passed out. He was taken to a hospital, where he was released the next day after getting a clean bill of health.
"I couldn't believe it," Sanders said of the news that Mukasey had fainted.
Mukasey's collapse occurred well after Sanders shouted at him, and the two events appear unrelated.
Read on.
Video AG Mukasey's speech (Sanders' outburst comes at 17:28)
State Supreme Court Justice Sanders's statement (PDF)
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I called Judge Sanders to thank him for saying what millions of people who know the law have said but no one was listening. Musk Rat knows he's committing a crime and he knows Bush's Policies are criminal. Now I told the Judge the so called faintng spell was a lie the man had a mimi stroke.
Now I hope other people in the Legal System speak up and tell the truth about the crimes being committed by Musk Rat and the White House.
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