"You really ought to read the articles before you claim to be an expert on the facts."
So just where did the Judge say that there was any sort of statutory violation ?
He did NOT say that the search warrent ruling was against statute, and did NOT rule that medical records can only be obtained by supeona.
Black discussed the statute, like he could discuss just about anything - If he and you want to call it a statutory violation, fine, but noone except him ever ruled it that.
It's like Black coming out with these extortion allegations - He got it in the record that he said it, but there is no information that it has any bearing on reality.
It appears the Judge had given Black a lot of leeway to say just about anything he wants - and still ruled against him...
You can choose to spin if you like. Everyone at the hearing conceded the statute had not been followed. What the judge ruled was that it didn't matter because Black/Rush was getting a hearing after the fact. The appellate court will look at that to see if the judge was right. IMHO prosecutors already have enough power without letting them ignore statutes.
I believe Rush has to accept the consequences of his actions, just like most folks. But something stinks here.
This prosecutor gave Rush's housekeeper blanket immunity without doing even a rudimentary investigation, which apparently means she gets a pass for blackmail, a far, far more serious crime than "doctor shopping." Then he blatently ignores a very clear statute for obtaining medical records so he can seize them and review them before Rush can defend himself. All this by an elected Dim official in an overwhelmingly Dim county. Don't you remember the anonymous remark reported after this story broke that the liberals intend to "take him down"?
I excpect Rush to take his medicine, so to speak, but I also expect that he should be treated as any other citizen and not be the victim of a political vendetta.