Legal Schnauzer -- journalist friend of Gov. Don Siegelman -- STILL IN JAIL!

[Octafish]

31. Consenting adults messing around is one thing. Messing with the First Amendment is another.

I really do feel sorry for the nice real estate agent. From her perspective -- the way she sees a journalist working to tell the truth -- is an "attack." Perhaps it seems that way to her clients, or just the wealthy GOP elite of Alabama, the truth is what they fear most.

Here's a bit of background for those new to the subject:

Gulag Justice? Alabama Blogger Jailed In Secretive Scandal

By David J. Krajicek
WhoWhatWhy.com on Nov 11, 2013

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Blog Alleges Affair, Abortion

The case is rooted in Shuler’s allegations of an affair in about 2006 between a scion of one of Alabama’s elite political families, Robert Riley, Jr., and Liberty Duke, a registered lobbyist in Alabama. Riley is a Birmingham lawyer and son of Bob Riley, a nationally prominent Republican who served as governor of Alabama from 2002 to 2010.

Shuler reported on his “Legal Schnauzer” blog that Duke got pregnant, and “Republican insiders” paid her as much as $300,000 to have an abortion and to “stay quiet on the subject.” Both Riley and Duke were married with children at the time of the alleged affair, though Duke was soon sued for divorce by her husband.

SNIP...

In addition to the First Amendment ramifications, the case has implications beyond state borders. For two decades now, Alabama has been regarded as a kind of Shangri-La by the national Republican Party; it was the petri dish where Rove demonstrated that stealth micro-politics — the appointment of a particular partisan judge or prosecutor, for example – can pave the way to achieving broader political goals.

Shuler’s wife said Riley used his political connections to get special consideration from Judge Neilson. For example, the judge has sealed all records of the case and ordered Shuler to scrub the Internet of his stories about the affair—moves that the ACLU’s Marshall said are unprecedented.

The case does not appear under the normal search parameters—the names of plaintiffs and defendants–in the Alabama state court online database. When searched by its secret docket number, a blunt message appears: “This case is confidential.”

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http://whowhatwhy.com/2013/11/11/gulag-justice-alabama-blogger-jailed-in-secretive-scandal/

Mrs. Shuler said, "We both got in this fight for justice, truth and the American way." Amen. Absolutely.