In the Minor case, the Fifth Circuit overturned the bribery convictions but upheld honest-services fraud convictions. In the Siegelman case, the 11th Circuit did just the opposite--it upheld the bribery conviction against Siegelman but overturned the honest-services fraud conviction.
What does this tell us? We can only conclude that there is a concerted effort in the federal judiciary to hide the true skulduggery that took place in these two cases.
Defendants in the Minor and Siegelman cases might eventually be set free. But that will not answer this critical question: How on earth did they wind up in prison in the first place?
Appellate judges clearly do not want folks like you and me to know the answer to that question. I don't pretend to be an expert on separation of powers, but my educated guess is that it's time for Congress to step into the fray.
Congress controls the purse strings of the federal judiciary, and those strings need to be tightened considerably until a serious investigation is conducted and the truth comes out on political prosecutions during the George W. Bush era.
What will represent truly good news on the Paul Minor case--and the Siegelman case, for that matter? That will come when certain federal judges and prosecutors are impeached and/or marched off to federal prison--where they belong.
What does this tell us? We can only conclude that there is a concerted effort in the federal judiciary to hide the true skulduggery that took place in these two cases.
Defendants in the Minor and Siegelman cases might eventually be set free. But that will not answer this critical question: How on earth did they wind up in prison in the first place?
Appellate judges clearly do not want folks like you and me to know the answer to that question. I don't pretend to be an expert on separation of powers, but my educated guess is that it's time for Congress to step into the fray.
What will represent truly good news on the Paul Minor case--and the Siegelman case, for that matter? That will come when certain federal judges and prosecutors are impeached and/or marched off to federal prison--where they belong.
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