tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669412675139526125.post5524809074325048394..comments2024-03-12T21:13:06.850-05:00Comments on Legal Schnauzer: Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard goes on trial today in a state where outrageous courtroom shenanigans have become almost the normlegalschnauzerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09619089628125964154noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669412675139526125.post-1164669729337938022016-05-22T17:36:07.673-05:002016-05-22T17:36:07.673-05:00Dr. Leonidas Foreman paid Siegelman a visit while ...Dr. Leonidas Foreman paid Siegelman a visit while he as in solitary confinement. The Eliza Battle is now flying a sweat shirt battle ensign, with the number 24775-001, above the Gin ensign Baxley hoisted. Rumor has it that Matt Hart saw Baxley wearing a bandana and eye patch,and the sight of Rooster Baxley gave him a premonition.<br />Matt offered Hubbard a sweetheart deal of a slap on the hand and a kiss. Baxley held a press conference to remind people that politicians do not kiss on the mouth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669412675139526125.post-39503495840546667462016-05-22T14:56:52.362-05:002016-05-22T14:56:52.362-05:00A three-judge panel of the 11th Circuit upheld pre...A three-judge panel of the 11th Circuit upheld pretty much everything Fuller did, and the court denied request for an en banc (full court) hearing. SCOTUS denied certiorari, refusing to hear case, even though it agreed to hear case of former Virginia GOP Gov. Jim McDonnell, which raises almost identical issues. You are right; the Siegelman case is beyond outrageouslegalschnauzerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09619089628125964154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669412675139526125.post-52452980125945003652016-05-21T22:22:59.131-05:002016-05-21T22:22:59.131-05:00I'd love to know how/ what basis Judge jailbir...I'd love to know how/ what basis Judge jailbird Fuller found the emails to be not "authentic" (in the Rules of Evidence sense, or some other way??) I can't believe what I am reading here. If true, (not only jurors scheming during a trial, but also the undue influence of the Judge steering the jury) it is beyond outrageous. <br /><br />What happened after the 11th Circuit? Did the Supreme Court refuse to take up this case?<br /><br />Great reporting by all involved. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669412675139526125.post-69451864459734453282016-05-17T13:25:54.031-05:002016-05-17T13:25:54.031-05:00Corruption is everywhere.
Kentucky Attorney: &quo...Corruption is everywhere.<br /><br />Kentucky Attorney: "You've clearly won your case. I don't see how you could lose but you have to understand, the judge can rule any way he/she wishes."<br /><br />(You can guess what happened.)<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669412675139526125.post-76080437800505385342016-05-17T12:00:16.439-05:002016-05-17T12:00:16.439-05:00It's definitely a bipartisan problem, @11:19. ...It's definitely a bipartisan problem, @11:19. Jeffco Judge Robert Vance Jr., former US Atty Doug Jones, and former U.S. Rep. Artur Davis are some of the Democrats I've exposed on this blog.legalschnauzerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09619089628125964154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669412675139526125.post-63569338530471554942016-05-17T11:57:45.473-05:002016-05-17T11:57:45.473-05:00I like the byproduct comment...they are all a bypr...I like the byproduct comment...they are all a byproduct of the corruption that started more than fifty years ago on Goat Hill...folks in both parties have gotten away with worse things than corruption.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669412675139526125.post-58462115612233221742016-05-17T11:27:08.075-05:002016-05-17T11:27:08.075-05:00Or even perhaps a byproduct? Or even perhaps a byproduct? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669412675139526125.post-74185207714345991112016-05-17T11:19:07.332-05:002016-05-17T11:19:07.332-05:00All of your insights are so interesting and intrig...All of your insights are so interesting and intriguing. These details need to be spread for the public to know. But in my view the corruption has deep roots. Do those on the left have clean hands? Seigelman, Scrushy, for that matter Donald Watkins? It's not just those on the right that are corrupt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669412675139526125.post-17590073962748101602016-05-17T11:16:04.227-05:002016-05-17T11:16:04.227-05:00This group in Alabama that's in trouble aren&#...This group in Alabama that's in trouble aren't they the same ones that took down Siegelman and Scrushy?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669412675139526125.post-36784813512792583472016-05-16T16:37:48.214-05:002016-05-16T16:37:48.214-05:00Sources tell us that both Langer and Baker are wor...Sources tell us that both Langer and Baker are working on the Hubbard case.<br /><br />Langer's participation in the Hubbard case would seem to be proven by <a href="http://www.alreporter.com/media/2016/04/elections.pdf" rel="nofollow">this filing</a> where she is listed as of counsel for the state as "Assistant Attorney General".<br /><br />What an amazing career trajectory. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669412675139526125.post-55498242489028080442016-05-16T16:34:26.651-05:002016-05-16T16:34:26.651-05:00@3:20 again. It is the worst conversation to have ...@3:20 again. It is the worst conversation to have to have. I used to say "this is black and white" when referring to how a judge should rule given the way the pertinent law read, but quickly quit when I realized the unfairness. I know say "this Is how the law reads but you never know how a judge will interpret it as it relates to your case". Got burned wayyy too many times. I used to love being a lawyer to help people. Can't wait to retire now. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669412675139526125.post-35604546688654527812016-05-16T15:42:38.429-05:002016-05-16T15:42:38.429-05:00You make a great point, @3:20. My wife and I curre...You make a great point, @3:20. My wife and I currently live in Missouri (hopefully, for not too much longer), and our experience tells me courts here are dismal, too. When I started this blog in 2007, and I did a little research on judicial corruption and found cases in every part of the country -- California, Washington, Vermont, Florida, Texas, Illinois . . . and so on.<br /><br /><br />Definitely not an Alabama problem. It's a national problem. And I feel for honest lawyers who try to make their way in this system. I wonder what it must be like to know your client, by law, should have won a case, but you have to tell them they lost--and there's not much that can be done about it, except to risk spending more money for an appeal that isn't likely to change things.<br /><br />Those conversations must he difficult for a lawyer with a conscience.legalschnauzerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09619089628125964154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669412675139526125.post-30127185842166839192016-05-16T15:20:57.717-05:002016-05-16T15:20:57.717-05:00@2:58 I'm an attorney in another state beside ...@2:58 I'm an attorney in another state beside Alabama. Trust me, Alabama is not alone in these type of issues. "Who you know" is just as important as "who you are or what you did" in many states. Other states just don't have a blog digging in to this stuff like LS. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669412675139526125.post-72484434060591515372016-05-16T15:11:14.670-05:002016-05-16T15:11:14.670-05:00Is Mike Hubbard the Most Corrupt Politician in Ame...<a href="https://newrepublic.com/article/133504/mike-hubbard-corrupt-politician-america?" rel="nofollow">Is Mike Hubbard the Most Corrupt Politician in America?</a><br /><br /> “Mike Hubbard has been the overlord of an orgy of greed and corruption like we have never seen,” Bill Britt, host of Alabama’s weekly political talk show, The V, declared in a recent episode. “He is the Caligula of Alabama. Just a tyrant, and a mean and perverse guy.”Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669412675139526125.post-75497336080626750412016-05-16T15:06:10.484-05:002016-05-16T15:06:10.484-05:00I'm betting Katie Langer received a bunch of f...I'm betting Katie Langer received a bunch of favors to help her get into law school, out of law school, to pass the bar exam, get job with Montgomery Co. DA, and get job with AG's office. Never met the woman, but I don't get the impression she is smart enough to pull that off without a lot of help. <br /><br />Was it, "Help us send two innocent men to prison, and we will help you become a lawyer?"<br /><br />If so, what does that say about Langer's moral compass--if she even has one?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669412675139526125.post-42711249300159901082016-05-16T14:58:05.516-05:002016-05-16T14:58:05.516-05:00Why does this happen in Alabama? I can think of on...Why does this happen in Alabama? I can think of only one word -- entitlement. For the most part, these are white people who claim to be conservative Christians. And for some reason, they feel it is their God-given right to pull things over on the rest of us.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669412675139526125.post-16874288882148923502016-05-16T13:30:23.852-05:002016-05-16T13:30:23.852-05:00@12:15: Roger has been on the Siegelman case--LS w...@12:15: Roger has been on the Siegelman case--LS was where I first read details of the case and I've been following his blog since the beginning--since day one, and has suffered greatly for simply being the messenger. Now that Mr. Watkins has added his voice and analysis to the growing outrage, perhaps justice will finally prevail. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669412675139526125.post-60978825200869711142016-05-16T13:00:33.134-05:002016-05-16T13:00:33.134-05:00Baker was funneling info to Bob Riley during the b...Baker was funneling info to Bob Riley during the bingo trial? That's incredible. Where in the heck is the Justice Department. With modern technology, this stuff should be pretty easy to prove.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669412675139526125.post-68780447101343750512016-05-16T12:46:00.915-05:002016-05-16T12:46:00.915-05:00Hah, you ask interesting questions, @12:22. To my ...Hah, you ask interesting questions, @12:22. To my knowledge, the badpuppy judge (Bill Pryor) is not involved with the Hubbard case. And I'm not sure if anyone from Alabama has been on the Epstein jet. <br /><br />Do you think the Epstein jet and the badpuppy judge have a connection to the Hubbard case?<br /><br />I agree, it all gets pretty confusing.legalschnauzerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09619089628125964154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669412675139526125.post-82907107001807647102016-05-16T12:22:46.519-05:002016-05-16T12:22:46.519-05:00All this scandal has me confused.
Does this have...All this scandal has me confused.<br /><br />Does this have anything to do with the alleged badpuppy judge?<br /><br />Or is that alleged badpuppy judge totally unconnected to all this other stuff?<br /><br />Has anyone from Alabama ever been on Jeffrey Epstein's private jet? With or without either Epstein and or Bill Clinton?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669412675139526125.post-34072361675266119332016-05-16T12:15:23.906-05:002016-05-16T12:15:23.906-05:00Watkins did a nice job of analyzing all of this, a...Watkins did a nice job of analyzing all of this, and I'm glad you are picking up on it. This story needs to be spread far and wide.Rhino whisperernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669412675139526125.post-86261985678785183372016-05-16T12:02:52.206-05:002016-05-16T12:02:52.206-05:00That one slipped by me, too, @12:01. But it's ...That one slipped by me, too, @12:01. But it's right there in the alleged e-mail. A big thank you to Donald Watkins for pointing that out. No wonder Fuller never conducted a serious investigation of juror misconduct. He was part of the misconduct, and his mistress/deputy probably was, too.legalschnauzerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09619089628125964154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669412675139526125.post-13822649786220083782016-05-16T12:01:03.152-05:002016-05-16T12:01:03.152-05:00Fuller was helping Langer and Hendrix rig the Sieg...Fuller was helping Langer and Hendrix rig the Siegelman jury? My God, I had never heard that one before. I think I'm going to be sick.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com