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Unethical NLRB Member Action ?
NLRB Member Wilma Liebman was congratulated by a "professor" on the Work Place Prof Blog for her (literal) performance at the December 13, 2007 Congressional Hearing concerning the nasty, anti-labor, anti-middle class, apparently anti-everything "Bush NLRB" with the commentary title: "Give 'Em Hell Wilma." (Please view the hearing video on the House Committee's website to assure yourself that the following comment is accurate, truthful and worthy of an elected Representative's or Senator's action IF our Country and its elected Representatives truly believe in "The Rule of Law"):
First: The video shows/proves that NLRB Member Wilma Liebman literally read her answers to Senator Kennedy's questions to her (Kennedy read his questions to her as well). So, you ask? Well, it proves that the Democrat controlled hearing was scripted in advance (obviously with the participation of Jonathan Hiatt, General Counsel of the AFL-CIO, who also testified saying the same things as Liebman) to ensure that organized labor's agenda was dealt with properly and to its satisfaction (as one of the Democrat Party's financial backers hoping for a November landslide to cash in its IOUs to get its Employee Free Choice Act).
Second: For an NLRB Member, in this case Wilma Liebman, to participate in this hearing travesty is shocking and deserves/demands an immediate investigation. Why? NLRB Member Wilma Liebman continues to decide cases. The NLRB is an adjudicatory body. Although technically not an Article Three court, it is considered the same by reviewing courts and by the U.S. Supreme Court. The NLRB must be neutral in deciding cases interpreting and applying the National Labor Relations Act. It appears that Wilma Liebman violated ethical principles by participating in this scheme AND, most appallingly, Wilma Liebman's comments as read aloud by her in response to Kennedy's rhetorical questions PROVES CONCLUSIVELY her personal prejudices and biases regarding the very Act she is duty-bound to uphold AS WRITTEN AND ENACTED BY CONGRESS...not by her, Kennedy or the AFL-CIO. NLRB Member Wilma Liebman indeed gave 'em hell and her conduct/performance should be investigated (including investigating whether she participated in any meetings, phone calls, rehearsals and/or email in preparing for and/or scripting the hearing). Based on her hearing performance alone the question of her impeachment is obvious and action is necessary to ensure neutrality at the NLRB in the enforcement of U.S. law.