Great comment. Although it’s too bad she can’t sue the Navy for gross stupidity and negligence. It placed a security detail on deck to prevent exactly what happend. Only problem was, they didn’t give them any ammunition. That’s a fact. So how could they possibly thwart anything? A rubber raft covered with a black tarp approaches a US Navy warship in one of the most hostile ports in the world. Hmmmm………I wonder why? The commander knowingly and negligently placed his crew and his ship in grave danger. He was aware of threats the week prior and it was no secret the US is hated in that country.
George Doumar, Judge Doumar’s father, was from Syria and immigrated to America in 1901. His mother came from Lebanon later in an arranged marriage. Both were Arabic-speaking Christians. Both became U.S. citizens. The family-owned eatery, Doumar’s, in Norfolk, Virginia still thrives here, an oasis of Americana featuring curb service, homemade barbecue and handmade ice cream cones. Judge Doumar’s uncle, Abe, claimed to have invented the ice cream cone at the St. Louis Exposition of 1904
Dressed in Arab garb, Abe Doumar peddled souvenirs at the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis, including glass paperweights filled with water ostensibly from the River Jordan. That’s when he came up with the idea of placing a scoop of ice cream into a folded waffle for his customers. This is the basis for the family’s claim to inventing the ice cream cone.
Judge Doumar ran, unsuccessfully, as a Republican for the Virginia House of Delegates in 1959 and 1961. He also lost a state Senate bid in 1967. He is married to the former Dorothy Mundy, who served as the Rector of Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. He has two children and six grandchildren.
As a delegate to three Republican national conventions, Doumar met California Gov. Ronald Reagan, with whom he shared a skepticism about government and an admiration for individual rights. After Reagan won the White House, Sen. John Warner (R-Va.), a law school classmate, sponsored Doumar for the bench.
Judge Doumar presided over the case of Yaser Esam Hamdi in the case of Hamdi v. Rumsfeld, 243 F. Supp. 2d 527, 2002 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 25492 (E.D. Va., 2002). Judge Doumar ruled that a U.S. citizen designated as an enemy combatant was entitled to a lawyer, and that the government had to provide evidence justifying his detention. The Fourth Circuit reversed Judge Doumar, but the Supreme Court reversed the Fourth Circuit and upheld Judge Doumar’s basic rulings, 8-1, with multiple opinions. 542 U.S. 507 (2004). He also presided over the case against the Government of Sudan arising out of the bombing of the U.S.S. Cole in Yemen.
Retrieved from “http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_G._Doumar”
so the judge interpreted the law as it is written – sounds like a good deal to me. if you don’t like what the law says, don’t blame the judge for telling you what it says!
Point taken. But sometimes somebody needs to question the law in terms of common sense. I once had a law professor who said “the law is not always fair, but it is always just.”
What freakin’ difference does it make if he’s muslim? So, if I’m a Christian, I cannot hear arguments against these nutbags that blow up abortion clinics??? I am so tired of the naked prejudice and racism that run rampent on this site from some of you cavemen.
What a typical knee-jerk liberal (progressive?) response!
If you had the capacity to exercise those wonderful traits of understanding & compassion that liberals claim to have the copywright on; you might have allowed for the non-condemming possibility that someone may have a question about a possible conflict or prejudice that the judge may have. Considering how often there have been quotes from Muslim leaders, as well as State Dept officials, FBI agents, and others, stating that they do not believe they should judge or criticize how another Muslim exercises his faith, only a fool could summarily dismiss the possibility.
A thank you goes to So What’s informative and constructive answer.
The judges’ decision was fine and free from conflict (apparent or otherwise). some people did not like it and they are putting up smoke and mirrors via a race card. these are the same poepl that don’t like judges ruling and then calls the judges “activist”.
I can think of “many” rulings that can be construed an having a conflict based upon the prejudice of every christian judge. please, let it go people.
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Is Dumar Muslim?
Great comment. Although it’s too bad she can’t sue the Navy for gross stupidity and negligence. It placed a security detail on deck to prevent exactly what happend. Only problem was, they didn’t give them any ammunition. That’s a fact. So how could they possibly thwart anything? A rubber raft covered with a black tarp approaches a US Navy warship in one of the most hostile ports in the world. Hmmmm………I wonder why? The commander knowingly and negligently placed his crew and his ship in grave danger. He was aware of threats the week prior and it was no secret the US is hated in that country.
George Doumar, Judge Doumar’s father, was from Syria and immigrated to America in 1901. His mother came from Lebanon later in an arranged marriage. Both were Arabic-speaking Christians. Both became U.S. citizens. The family-owned eatery, Doumar’s, in Norfolk, Virginia still thrives here, an oasis of Americana featuring curb service, homemade barbecue and handmade ice cream cones. Judge Doumar’s uncle, Abe, claimed to have invented the ice cream cone at the St. Louis Exposition of 1904
Dressed in Arab garb, Abe Doumar peddled souvenirs at the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis, including glass paperweights filled with water ostensibly from the River Jordan. That’s when he came up with the idea of placing a scoop of ice cream into a folded waffle for his customers. This is the basis for the family’s claim to inventing the ice cream cone.
Judge Doumar ran, unsuccessfully, as a Republican for the Virginia House of Delegates in 1959 and 1961. He also lost a state Senate bid in 1967. He is married to the former Dorothy Mundy, who served as the Rector of Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. He has two children and six grandchildren.
As a delegate to three Republican national conventions, Doumar met California Gov. Ronald Reagan, with whom he shared a skepticism about government and an admiration for individual rights. After Reagan won the White House, Sen. John Warner (R-Va.), a law school classmate, sponsored Doumar for the bench.
Judge Doumar presided over the case of Yaser Esam Hamdi in the case of Hamdi v. Rumsfeld, 243 F. Supp. 2d 527, 2002 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 25492 (E.D. Va., 2002). Judge Doumar ruled that a U.S. citizen designated as an enemy combatant was entitled to a lawyer, and that the government had to provide evidence justifying his detention. The Fourth Circuit reversed Judge Doumar, but the Supreme Court reversed the Fourth Circuit and upheld Judge Doumar’s basic rulings, 8-1, with multiple opinions. 542 U.S. 507 (2004). He also presided over the case against the Government of Sudan arising out of the bombing of the U.S.S. Cole in Yemen.
Retrieved from “http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_G._Doumar”
so the judge interpreted the law as it is written – sounds like a good deal to me. if you don’t like what the law says, don’t blame the judge for telling you what it says!
Point taken. But sometimes somebody needs to question the law in terms of common sense. I once had a law professor who said “the law is not always fair, but it is always just.”
What freakin’ difference does it make if he’s muslim? So, if I’m a Christian, I cannot hear arguments against these nutbags that blow up abortion clinics??? I am so tired of the naked prejudice and racism that run rampent on this site from some of you cavemen.
What a typical knee-jerk liberal (progressive?) response!
If you had the capacity to exercise those wonderful traits of understanding & compassion that liberals claim to have the copywright on; you might have allowed for the non-condemming possibility that someone may have a question about a possible conflict or prejudice that the judge may have. Considering how often there have been quotes from Muslim leaders, as well as State Dept officials, FBI agents, and others, stating that they do not believe they should judge or criticize how another Muslim exercises his faith, only a fool could summarily dismiss the possibility.
A thank you goes to So What’s informative and constructive answer.
The judges’ decision was fine and free from conflict (apparent or otherwise). some people did not like it and they are putting up smoke and mirrors via a race card. these are the same poepl that don’t like judges ruling and then calls the judges “activist”.
I can think of “many” rulings that can be construed an having a conflict based upon the prejudice of every christian judge. please, let it go people.