Jackson Jambalaya

Always liked Judge Wingate!

Wingate needs a swift kick in the pants. I'm no Hood fan, but Wingate shouldn't take years just to rule on a motion.

Sure would be nice to be able to vote ole Hood out

It'd be nicer if it was possible to vote Wingate out.

Wingate (Reagan appointee & law classmate of Justice Thomas) is notorious for taking way too long to decide motions. Solid conservative in trial; kinda lazy when it comes to motion practice.

And no doubt 9:08 wants the reader to understand that Wingate should be guilty by association.

i'll wager wingate has the worst record in the history of jurisprudence when it comes to time management. he sits on everything. for years at a time. and he's called on it all the time with no discernible effect

9:26 --

I have absolutely no idea what your post means. I wasn't trying to "associate" anything. I stated what my experience with that particular judge has been, and added a couple of biographical details. I like Judge Wingate. He is, though -- as another poster pointed out - lousy at time management.

Judge Wingate's tardiness is well-known, almost legendary. However, this ruling also shows what happens when you push it. Nothing like ticking off a federal judge.

11:25 then the association of Wingate to the routinely despised Clarence Thomas was completely superfluous on your part.

But, of course, we know it wasn't.

2:45: Who exactly is it that "routinely despises" Justice Thomas? It's been my observation that he rules as I would, were I on the SCOTUS. I think he does a great job!

Oh, I get it. You were lauding Judge Wingate for being a classmate of Clarence Thomas -- a Justice you now say you admire -- when, at the same time, you were condemning him ('notorious for taking way too long') for laziness with motions.

Sure. That makes sense. Thanks for clearing that up.

6:27 -

I really think you're looking for something that isn't there. I like Justice Thomas. I like Judge Wingate. I liked Ronald Reagan. Judge Wingate takes too long to rule on motions.

I fail to see how any of those statements are contradictory or mutually exclusive.

Seriously, take a breath. You sound like Chris Matthews.

....and another thread gets derailed.

So what was Hood supposed to do? Wait for Wingate to never rule? Hood did what he could and now Hood can litigate or try to get higher court to intervene and remand. Silly title to what could have been interesting.

Anyone know the "why" behind the years-long waiting for Wingate to rule? Research? Laziness? Great golf game?

I wish there was some way to say thank you to all of the Entergy crews and all of the others for their hard work on getting power restored.

Its such a shame. We call when the storm takes the power out, but we never get a chance to say thanks to those men and women who are out there dealing with the bad weather, long hours, bad conditions, and handling lines running power strong enough to kill ya. Bless you, folks, for working a very very hard job and helping all of us.