Rick Perry Indicted
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Jessie
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Re: Rick Perry Indicted
Great thread featuring three of my all-time favorite things...my wonderful governor, pigladillos and OOPS!
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themanintheseersuckersuit
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Re: Rick Perry Indicted
Perry files for Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus
http://legalinsurrection.com/2014/08/ri ... more-97357
http://legalinsurrection.com/2014/08/ri ... more-97357
Suitguy is not bitter.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
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Bob Juch
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Re: Rick Perry Indicted
His concealed carry permit has been revoked. I guess they have some sense in Texas.
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- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.
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Bob Juch
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Re: Rick Perry Indicted
His lawyers are being paid for by the State of Texas.themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:Perry files for Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus
http://legalinsurrection.com/2014/08/ri ... more-97357
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.
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Bob78164
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Re: Rick Perry Indicted
I thought he backed off on that. But even if he hadn't, I don't think I'd have an issue with it.Bob Juch wrote:His lawyers are being paid for by the State of Texas.themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:Perry files for Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus
http://legalinsurrection.com/2014/08/ri ... more-97357
It's not uncommon for corporations to agree (usually via insurance policies) to pay for the criminal defense of officers or directors charged with a crime for performing their official acts. And in this case, given the increasing criminalization of politics, I really don't think I want to set up a situation where only those rich enough to pay for their own legal defense dare run for office. --Bob
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themanintheseersuckersuit
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Re: Rick Perry Indicted
http://www.statesman.com/news/news/appe ... ase/nqXG5/
The state’s top criminal court on Wednesday threw out the remaining criminal charge against Rick Perry, sparing the former governor from trial and a potential prison sentence on a felony charge of misusing the power of his office.
The charge, related to Perry’s 2013 threat to veto money for Travis County prosecutors in an attempt to force District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg from office, violated the Texas Constitution’s separation of powers provision by improperly limiting the governor’s veto authority, the Court of Criminal Appeals said in a 6-2 ruling.
“The constitution does not purport to impose any restriction on the veto power based on the reason for the veto, and it does not purport to allow any other substantive limitations to be placed on the use of a veto,” said the opinion by Presiding Judge Sharon Keller.
Appeals court dismisses Rick Perry’s criminal case photo
The state’s highest criminal court ordered the remaining criminal charge against Rick Perry to be dropped Wednesday.
“The governor’s power to exercise a veto may not be circumscribed by the Legislature, by the courts, or by district attorneys,” Keller wrote. “When the only act that is being prosecuted is a veto, then the prosecution itself violates separation of powers.”
Suitguy is not bitter.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
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