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In reply to the discussion: Know your BFEE: Siegelman Judge is a big-time War Profiteer [View all]Octafish
(55,745 posts)26. Here's a good link: Elena Kagan and her role as a willing accomplice in Siegelman prosecution
No matter what some people say, there are reasons to be concerned. From the great DUer autorank:
Elena Kagan - Willing Accomplice
By Michael Collins
Then, when Siegelman appealed his case to the Supreme Court in 2009, President Obama's Attorney General dispatched Solicitor General Elena Kagan to argue against the appeal in November.
Before accepting the case, Elena Kagan knew or should have known: that the U.S. Attorney who began the Siegelman investigation was closely tied to Karl Rove; that Siegelman never benefited personally from the contribution to an education funding initiative; that the case was so outrageous, forty-four attorneys general petitioned Congress; and, that the presiding judge in the case owned a major interest in a defense firm that received a $178 million federal contract between Siegelman's indictment and trial, a massive conflict of interest.
Most revealing, before her argument against the former governor's appeal, Kagan knew or should have known the following. After two charges had been dropped in a 2009 appeal, Justice Department attorneys recommended a twenty year sentence instead of the seven years already rendered. Fewer offenses for sentencing meant thirteen additional years by the strange logic of federal justice.
Kagan knew or should have known all this and more. That didn't stop her from arguing that Don Siegelman should be kept in jail. ...
That judgment is that Elena Kagan was a willing accomplice in one of the most outrageous political prosecutions of our time. Why should anyone ever trust her?
Her nomination to the Supreme Court of the United States should be rejected unanimously.
PS: You are most welcome, Sabrinita. You appreciate things that some people don't want others to think about.
Elena Kagan - Willing Accomplice
By Michael Collins
Then, when Siegelman appealed his case to the Supreme Court in 2009, President Obama's Attorney General dispatched Solicitor General Elena Kagan to argue against the appeal in November.
Before accepting the case, Elena Kagan knew or should have known: that the U.S. Attorney who began the Siegelman investigation was closely tied to Karl Rove; that Siegelman never benefited personally from the contribution to an education funding initiative; that the case was so outrageous, forty-four attorneys general petitioned Congress; and, that the presiding judge in the case owned a major interest in a defense firm that received a $178 million federal contract between Siegelman's indictment and trial, a massive conflict of interest.
Most revealing, before her argument against the former governor's appeal, Kagan knew or should have known the following. After two charges had been dropped in a 2009 appeal, Justice Department attorneys recommended a twenty year sentence instead of the seven years already rendered. Fewer offenses for sentencing meant thirteen additional years by the strange logic of federal justice.
Kagan knew or should have known all this and more. That didn't stop her from arguing that Don Siegelman should be kept in jail. ...
That judgment is that Elena Kagan was a willing accomplice in one of the most outrageous political prosecutions of our time. Why should anyone ever trust her?
Her nomination to the Supreme Court of the United States should be rejected unanimously.
PS: You are most welcome, Sabrinita. You appreciate things that some people don't want others to think about.
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K&R n/t-I'm getting this belongs in Creative Speculation attacks, brother, on another GD thread.
bobthedrummer
Dec 2012
#2
Dude, you posted a link to a conspiracy site run by an asshat extreme anti-Semite...
SidDithers
Dec 2012
#21
Here's a good link: Elena Kagan and her role as a willing accomplice in Siegelman prosecution
Octafish
Dec 2012
#26
Never heard of him until you brought him up. BTW, why do you crap on my posts so much?
Octafish
Dec 2012
#31
I think I was crapping on bob's post, for using Boyden's web site as a source...
SidDithers
Dec 2012
#33
Where's your contribution, siddithers? NO WHERE are you critical of the GOP persecution of Siegelman
Octafish
Dec 2012
#44
Oh, and your buddy bob just got hidden for linking to whale.to and The Church of Scientology...
SidDithers
Dec 2012
#48