A controversial video of S.C. Supreme Court Chief Justice Jean Toal excoriating Attorney General Henry McMaster has been pulled from YouTube due to a copyright claim allegedly made on the Chief Justice’s behalf by the South Carolina Bar.
“This is to notify you that we have removed or disabled access to the following material as a result of a third-party notification by South Carolina Bar claiming that this material is infringing,” a message from the online video-sharing giant reads.
“I wasn’t aware we did that,” said S.C. Bar communications director Leigh Thomas. “This is the first I’ve heard of that.”
“Repeat incidents of copyright infringement will result in the deletion of your account and all videos uploaded to that account,” the message continues. “In order to prevent this from happening, please delete any videos to which you do not own the rights, and refrain from uploading additional videos that infringe on the copyrights of others.”
Needless to say, our lawyers are already on this.
We understand that Chief Justice Toal doesn’t want these comments “out there,” but we would humbly submit that if she wanted her “outraged” contempt of McMaster’s incompetence and grandstanding (and the potential violation of her own attorney discipline rules) from becoming public knowledge, then she should have kept her f*cking mouth shut.
We will be posting the video to an alternate web address momentarily, but in the meantime the transcript of Toal’s incendiary remarks is available here.
Reached for comment regarding this latest example of censorship by the High Court, Sic Willie affirmed his intent to “go to the mattresses” to keep the information public.
“It’s on,” Sic said. “In fact, it’s on like Donkey Kong.”
By Todd January 13, 2009 at 4:31 pm
If the communications director at the BAR doesn’t know what happened, then who called youtube.com? Toal doesn’t give a rat’s ass about the McMaster thing being public. She doesn’t like the legislators who were looking at the clip realizing all attorney discipline in South Carolina is solely at her discretion after she told them differently last year.
By StupidShouldHurtMore (SSHM) January 13, 2009 at 5:24 pm
Well … at least McMaster stands up for something he believes in. Quite a contrast from Jean “Hit & Run” Toal.
Just to make sure you didn’t forget, especially after reading Justice Toal’s comments about how “justice was served,” lets look to her past where she tried to “dodge justice.”
Toal Gets Another Ticket After Hitting Another Car In Another Accident After Another Hit and Run.
Source: http://schotline.wordpress.com/2007/04/04/toal-gets-another-ticket-after-hitting-another-car-in-another-accident-after-another-hit-and-run/
From the article:
May 17, 2001 — S.C. Supreme Court Chief Justice Jean Toal, driving a 1997 Chrysler minivan, sideswipes an unoccupied 2001 Toyota Avalon parked about a block from her Wheat Street home about 9 p.m. She was ticketed by Columbia police for driving too fast for conditions and leaving the scene of a property damage accident.
March 29, 2007 — Toal, driving a 2005 Chrysler minivan, backs into a 2007 Nissan Xterra parked at Columbia Metropolitan Airport. She was ticketed by Lexington County sheriff’s deputies for leaving the scene of an accident involving an unattended vehicle.
Grandstanding? Heck, I just want to avoid her Grand Caravan!
- SSHM
By ThugMo January 13, 2009 at 6:16 pm
You dumb-a55 SSHM — don’t you know they were on her trail? Can you name, oh say, 5 people who would want to discredit her for various and sundry reasons? Do you know what I had to do to finally get pulled over in Lexington County? I had to pull frickin’ Evil Knievels on them. I had to do cookies in the middle of Hwy 378…almost slam into people at Mattress World…stop my car for Chinese fire drills in the middle of Main Street. Lexington PD and Lexington County SD ignored me! For years, months, hours, days…until the Highway Patrol finally had the balls to put an end to it. I tell you, if they want to get you, they will get you. If they want to leave your a55 alone to jump off Jake Knotts Bridge — or try to drive off it [December 2007] — they will. I had a deputy pull right up behind me and turn on his blue lights after a stunt, stop in the middle of the bridge behind me, then pull around me and go on about his happy-a55 way. It is a joke over here!!!
By Oddjob January 13, 2009 at 8:01 pm
What an awkward pic
By frank January 13, 2009 at 8:03 pm
Come on Jean!! You sounded pretty proud of yourself when you told that audience how you handled McMaster, now be even more proud and take your punishment like any good attorney or judge would have to. Remeber Rule 501 (THE CODE OF JUDICAL CONDUCT) is there for you to follow too not just to punish others for violating them.
If anyone would like to read the rules that Jean Toal have violated, you may find these rules on the South Carolina Judicial Department website under tab: Judicial Community and then under court rules.
V. Rules Governing the Judiciary, Employees of the Judicial Department, and Others Assisting the Judiciary
501 Code of Judicial Conduct
Preamble
Terminology
Canon 1 A Judge Shall Uphold the Integrity and Independence of the Judiciary
Canon 2 A Judge Shall Avoid Impropriety and the Appearance of Impropriety in All of the Judge’s Activities
Canon 3 A Judge Shall Perform the Duties of Judicial Office Impartially and Diligently
Canon 4 A Judge Shall So Conduct the Judge’s Extra-Judicial Activities as to Minimize the Risk of Conflict With Judicial Obligations
Canon 5 A Judge or Judicial Candidate Shall Refrain From Inappropriate Political Activity
Application of the Code of Judicial Conduct
502 Rules for Judicial Disciplinary Enforcement
RULE 1 Purpose
RULE 2 Terminology
RULE 3 The Commission on Judicial Conduct
RULE 4 Organization and Authority of the Commission
RULE 5 Disciplinary Counsel
RULE 6 Commission Counsel
RULE 7 Grounds for Discipline; Sanctions Imposed; Deferred Discipline Agreement
RULE 8 Proof
RULE 9 Civil Rules Applicable
RULE 10 Right to Counsel
RULE 11 Ex Parte Contacts
RULE 12 Access to Disciplinary Information
RULE 13 Immunity from Civil Suits
RULE 14 Time, Service and Filing
RULE 15 Oaths; Subpoena Power
RULE 16 Judges Charged With or Convicted of a Crime
RULE 17 Interim Suspension
RULE 18 Notification to Complainant; No Right to Review
RULE 19 Screening and Investigation
RULE 20 Use of Allegations from Dismissed Cases
RULE 21 Discipline by Consent
RULE 22 Formal Charges
RULE 23 Answer
RULE 24 Failure to Answer; Failure to Appear
RULE 25 Discovery
RULE 26 Hearing
RULE 27 Review by Supreme Court
RULE 28 Cases Involving Allegations of Mental or Physical Incapacity
502.1 Judges’s Oath
By frank January 13, 2009 at 8:15 pm
Jean Toal you sure do not like to be punished for your actions. It is obvious from the two vehicles you hit and then cowardly tried to leave in hopes no one saw you and now violating the very rules you punish others for violating. Once again you cowardly have someone from the S.C. Bar to get the video of you violating those rules quashed on your behalf. EMBARRASSING!!!!
By ThugMoSurvivor January 13, 2009 at 8:28 pm
I think that photo is the one ‘The State’ ran shortly after Judge Westbrook was killed. If I am not mistaken.
By Tradd January 13, 2009 at 9:00 pm
Queen Jean, White Caps is on you tonight.
By James the Foot Soldier January 13, 2009 at 10:06 pm
Frank, put your money where your mouth is and file a complaint against the Honorable Toal. Oooops, that would require that you attach your real name to it.
Posting anonomously on a blog a bunch of Canon’s that boil down to someone being offended by someone calling a spade a spade is beyond lame.
What’s the matter, are you afraid your lawyering days would be over? She’d have your panties bunched tighter than McMaster’s.
By BIN News Editorial Staff January 13, 2009 at 10:25 pm
What’s amazing is the Chief Justice dreams around and bumps chrome in old cars while other elected State officials (Andre and others) blast around at warp factor nine in expensive rides with State tags and radios.
Getting guns pulled on them.
At least Jean didn’t scream out: “This is SC2, Help Me, Momma!”
If any member of the Legislature can prove next week that they walked up to Andre and said “Help Me Momma,” our staff will buy you lunch at McAligators.
Nathan Bedord, Eqs.
BIN News Editorial Staff
By Todd January 13, 2009 at 10:50 pm
The photo is the one taken when Don Beatty was elected as a new Supreme Court justice. Of course, Queen Jean had actively supported another candidate, Kaye Hearn, but hey, Hearn is up again this year to replace Waller the wimp. There is room on the Queen’s lap for Hearn if she can get Pleiconas to move over just a little bit….
By lou January 14, 2009 at 8:24 am
I thought what she said was totally appropriate and absolutely honest. Why are appropriate and honest problems in South Carolina?
By frank January 14, 2009 at 9:19 am
James the foot soldier;
When you do make a complaint against the dishonorable Jean troll, I mean Toal, guess what? You never heard back from the diciplinary council. You want to know why? Because she is over the diciplinary council. Again, EMBARRASSING!!!!
But by your post, you agree that if a complaint is made, Mrs. Troll would use those same rules that lawyers and judges, just like her, must follow against them, instead of addressing the real issue and that is Jean Toal violating the Judical Code of Code.
By The Sick Hick January 14, 2009 at 9:28 am
Again, I ask … what are y’all driving at here?
By Anonymous January 14, 2009 at 12:45 pm
>>>Driving @ McMaster is a pooty-head.
By Rick January 14, 2009 at 2:12 pm
James the foot soldier: However lacking in professional writing and communication skills, “frank” is correct. Reporting the Queen Jean to the Disciplinary Counsel in South Carolina is only reporting her to herself. She investigates herself and anyone else she targets. That is apparently why she wanted that clip off youtube.com so quickly.