FEB 1 20101. Are Mississippi Casino Interests Influencing Alabama Government?
2. Roger Shuler on Recent Supreme Court Decision
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1. Are Mississippi Casino Interests
Influencing Alabama Government?
By Roger Shuler for Legal Schauzer
A group of people associated with Mississippi casino interests met in
mid January to discuss ways to combat increased gaming activity in
Alabama.
Is it coincidence that Alabama Governor Bob Riley, who reportedly
received campaign support from Mississippi casino groups, ordered
attempted raids on two Alabama facilities roughly two weeks after the
meeting?
According to news reports in Alabama, a lobbyist named Gloria
Williamson organized the meeting in Biloxi, Mississippi. Williamson just
happens to lobby on behalf of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw
Indians, the group that reportedly spent $13 million to help get Riley
elected in 2002
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2. Roger Shuler on Recent Supreme Court
Decision
By Joan Brunwasser for OpEd News
....Much the same thing happened in the Siegelman case. Judge Mark
Fuller, a G.W. Bush appointee, also gave incorrect jury instructions
that did not require a quid pro quo finding. Fuller was a little more
subtle about it than Wingate was. His jury instructions are somewhat
near the same ballpark as the actual law--but they still were not a
correct statement of the law. And because of that, the Siegelman
convictions should be overturned.
As for Citizens United, I think the same point that is being made in the
Minor case could be made in the Siegelman case. HealthSouth CEO
Richard Scrushy was convicted for contributing to a Siegelman
campaign with the hopes of influencing the governor's decisions. We
now know from the Supreme Court that such behavior is not only OK,
it's actually encouraged. As you know, Siegelman's attorneys already
are seeking review with the U.S. Supreme Court. It will be interesting
to see if they supplement their filings with an argument similar to the
one being made in the Minor case.
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