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===Defending a 1993 "junket"===

===Defending a 1993 "junket"===

Stagg came under fire from ''[[The Washington Post]]'' for his attendance at a Law and Economics Center seminar in 1993, when he was in his second year of senior status. The judge defied his critics, dismissed complaints about propriety, and declared that he would be eager for a second stay at the resort, Hilton Head Island, [[South Carolina]]. "The food was wonderful; the teachers were wonderful. If somebody doesn't like it, I'm sorry."<ref name=junkets>{{cite web|url=​

Stagg came under fire from ''[[The Washington Post]]'' for his attendance at a Law and Economics Center seminar in 1993, when he was in his second year of senior status. The judge defied his critics, dismissed complaints about propriety, and declared that he would be eager for a second stay at the resort, Hilton Head Island, [[South Carolina]]. "The food was wonderful; the teachers were wonderful. If somebody doesn't like it, I'm sorry."<ref name=junkets>{{cite web|url= http://commdocs.house.gov/committees/judiciary/hju76383.000/hju76383_0f.htm|title=Junkets for Judges Undermine Public Confidence in the Judiciary ... Judge Tom Stagg of Louisiana responded...|publisher=commdocs.house.gov|accessdate=June 24, 2015}}</ref> ''The Washington Post'' had revealed something which many citizens did not know: that federal judges, like congressmen, take "junkets", which are often never reported and that are sometimes of questionable value to the taxpayers who underwrite their salaries and benefits.<ref name=junkets/>​

http://commdocs.house.gov/committees/judiciary/hju76383.000/hju76383_0f.htm|title=Junkets for Judges Undermine Public Confidence in the Judiciary ... Judge Tom Stagg of Louisiana responded...|publisher=commdocs.house.gov|accessdate=June 24, 2015}}</ref> ''The Washington Post'' had revealed something which many citizens did not know: that federal judges, like congressmen, take "junkets", which are often never reported and that are sometimes of questionable value to the taxpayers who underwrite their salaries and benefits.<ref name=junkets/>​

==Recognition==​

==Recognition==​