Jack Bauer Would Not Be Pleased ...

Does a fate worse than waterboarding await a Boyd School of Law Professor? Someone has it in for 9th Circuit Judge (and part time Boyd School of Law Senior Fellow in Constitutional Law) Jay Bybee. Ivory tower surrender monkey esteemed academic Bruce Ackerman called for Judge Bybee's impeachment yesterday in Slate.  Seems Mr. Ackerman wasn't too keen on Bybee's role in the infamous "torture memos," though our friend from Yale reportedly had no problem with the last 7+ years without another attack on the homeland. 

WWL isn't here to take a stand for or against the torture memos (we'll leave that for you in the comments), but we are adamantly against impeaching Bybee.  After all, Nevada already holds the dishonorable distinction of producing the last federal judge to be impeached.  Why burden the local law school with similar bad press? 

At the end of the day, Ackerman knows Bybee isn't going anywhere.  Impeaching a Judge is about as easy as dislodging a tenured professor.  We're stuck with both of these guys ad infinitum.  Which is why they should settle this like real men instead of writing "memos" and "online posts."  How about a duel (think Hamilton v. Burr), or a no holds barred MMA brawl in the octagon?  We're guessing Bybee would open as a heavy favorite in the sports books. 

(Slate)