Political Quotes

“I do not want to delay this inordinately. I think there is a question that ought to be clarified; that is, at the point when the case reached the supreme court, none of those legislators, except one, had voluntarily requested Tulane to release the information they had regarding the appointments that legislator made to the scholarship privilege at Tulane. That was Peppi Bruneau. The others--even though the court had ruled at the district court level, and the fifth and the fourth circuit, the intermediate court had confirmed were public records--none of them had acted to respond to the Times-Picayune request. And, as a matter of fact, is not it true that it was only after all of these cases had been acted on did the paper realize they had won the case but they still did not have the records, and they had to sue again to compel delivery of the records? They had to sue Tulane because none of the legislators, including Judge Dennis or any of his colleagues who had given out these scholarships, had asked for the records. So the point is Judge Dennis, in my view, certainly, had an interest in whether he acted on it in deciding the case and the ruling. He did not disclose the interest, but he went on and acted on it nonetheless. It seems to me--does it not seem to the Senator from Delaware--that would be a proper inquiry for the Judiciary Committee to make.”