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  • Posse and Harriet: The real reason that Bush picked Miers
    6 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    We have no idea whether the Senate is going to confirm Harriet Miers for the Supreme Court. For once, it may actually be up to the Democrats, who right now are too busy watching and laughing at conservatives and their cat fights to be bothered with taking a stand. And that may take a while, considering that it’s still three years and counting for any type of Democratic position on Iraq.
    We do know that’s there’s a lot of head fakes going on right now. Miers is a conservative...but wait, (…)

  • BUSH’S SUPREME COURT BETRAYAL
    5 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    When a political party supports a candidate for President, it is done with the expectation that, should a vacancy occur on the US Supreme Court, said candidate will appoint judges that embody the political philosophy of his party. Few actions by a President can have as lasting an effect as the judges they put onto the court.
    George Bush has had an exceptional opportunity to reshape the court, appointing not only a Justice, but a Chief Justice as well. But Bush has betrayed his own (…)

  • The Federal Mafia - Schiff Criminal Tax Trial Fireworks Continue
    5 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    October 4, 2005
    Government’s Case Sputtering
    Schiff Facing Jail For Contempt
    The criminal tax trial of Irwin Schiff entered its fourth week Monday with a cantankerous Schiff apparently making significant headway in repelling the government’s prosecution witnesses who have testified thus far.
    Schiff and his former co-workers, Cindy Neun and Larry Cohen, are defending against a plethora of criminal charges in Las Vegas stemming from consulting activities related to Schiff’s (…)

  • Will Harriet Miers vote to overturn Bush’s conspiracy conviction?
    5 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Harvey Wasserman
    October 4, 2005
    An angry groundswell has risen against the appointment of George W. Bush’s personal attorney to the US Supreme Court.
    One key question must be asked: as a Justice, would she soon be asked to rule on a conspiracy conviction against her present boss?
    In light of the new indictments against former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, the question may not be so far fetched.
    DeLay was originally indicted on charges of violating campaign finance law. His (…)

  • Conspiracy Charges in the Plame Case?
    5 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Posted by Mark Kleiman on October 04, 2005 05:43 PM
    Jim VandeHei and Walter Pincus report that lawyers close to the Valerie Plame investigation (identified as lawyers for witnesses, but presumably those would be potential defendants) say that Patrick Fitzgerald is pointing toward conspiracy charges.
    "Many lawyers in the case have been skeptical that Fitzgerald has the evidence to prove a violation of the Intelligence Identities Protection Act, which is the complicated crime he first set (…)

  • Packing the Supreme Court in Anticipation of a Constitutional Showdown
    4 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    Packing the Supreme Court in Anticipation of a Constitutional Showdown
    October 3, 2005 — Packing the Supreme Court in Anticipation of a Constitutional Showdown. The Kabuki dance between George W. Bush and Special Prosecutor on the CIA leak case Patrick Fitzgerald continues with Bush’s nomination of his one-time personal lawyer and current White House Counsel Harriet Miers, a person who has never served on the bench, as the replacement for outgoing Associate Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day (…)

  • Tex. grand jury indicts DeLay on new charge- money laundering
    4 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    A Texas grand jury indicted Rep. Tom DeLay on a new charge of money laundering Monday, less than a week after another grand jury leveled a conspiracy charge that forced DeLay to temporarily step down as House majority leader.
    Both indictments accuse DeLay and two political associates of conspiring to get around a state ban on corporate campaign contributions by funneling the money through a political action committee to the Republican National Committee in Washington.
    The RNC then sent (…)

  • Abu Ghraib guard tells of worse abuse
    4 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    A US soldier convicted of humiliating and abusing Iraqi prisoners has said she knew of "worse things" happening at Abu Ghraib.
    Former private first class Lynndie England also insisted on Sunday that military commanders were fully aware of what was going on in Iraq’s infamous jail. In her first post-court marshal interview, England contradicted assertions by top Pentagon officials that a small group of out-of-control soldiers was responsible for abuse at Abu Ghraib and said that (…)

  • Miers Led Law Firm Repeatedly Forced to Pay Damages For Defrauding Investors
    4 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy, Harriet Miers nominated for Supreme Court By President Bush
    Miers Led Law Firm Repeatedly Forced to Pay Damages For Defrauding Investors
    In case anyone thought Harriet Miers wasn’t a corporate-shill-in-White-House-clothing, take a gander at how Miers did her best Ken Lay impression while heading a major Texas corporate law firm. That’s right, according to the 5/1/00 newsletter Class Action Reporter, Miers headed Locke, Liddell & Sapp at the time the (…)

  • GTech Lottery Influence Taints Miers Nomination
    4 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    I’m not saying Harriet Miers has taken a penny from GTECH, Guy Snowden or anybody else. Let me make that clear. But she, and the whole cabal from Texas, absolutely reek of
    Ms. Miers’ time on the Texas Lottery Commission has been well reported, usually with Ms. Miers as the driving force who rooted out corruption and helped the Texas Lottery turn over a new leaf. “In other circles, the Texas Lottery Commission is known as the incident that permanently sealed Bush’s Texas Air National (…)