Press Mar 26 2009

MARCH 26 2009

1. Siegelman Asks 11th Circuit to Rehear Case
2. The Woman Who Could Nail Bush
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1.Siegelman Asks 11th Circuit to Rehear Case
by Glynn Wilson of the Locust Fork Journal

....Former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman and HealthSouth
founder Richard Scrushy are asking the full 12-judge Eleventh U.S.
Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta to rehear the appeal in their
political prosecution primarily on the basis that the alleged quid pro
quo bribery claimed in the case was based on evidence of an
“implied” agreement, not an “explicit” agreement.

“We filed today asking the 11th Circuit to rehear my case because we
believe if their ruling, if left to stand, prosecutors will be able to pick
and choose their targets among contributors and elected officials,”
Siegelman said.

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2. The Woman Who Could Nail Bush
by Scott Horton for the Daily Beast

....“The Bush administration’s overriding concern was for political
loyalty. It demanded individuals who would unquestioningly implement
the White House’s directives. The notion of independent professional
judgment was derided as counterproductive at best and a cloak for
liberal activism at worst. To that end, selecting the best and the
brightest was not advisable. Where prior administrations looked for
the top graduates from the nation’s elite law schools, the Bush team
scoured schools not found in a list of the top-100 law schools (and
sometimes not even ABA-accredited), but with strong ties to the
religious right and the Republican Party. Justice Department officials
openly asked job candidates whether they had worked for the Bush-
Cheney campaign and contributed money and quickly rejected those
whose offense was support for John McCain in the 2000 Republican
primaries. Membership in the movement's conservative legal
organization, the Federalist Society, was also a plus if not essential—
in recently disclosed emails, former Bush-era U.S. attorney and Civil
Rights Division Director Bradley Schlozman (whose case is now under
review for the possible filing of criminal charges) called them
“ideological comrades.” The result was a Justice Department filled with
political hacks in appointed positions and a historically unprecedented
level of politicization in its decision-making process.

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