[A.Hun]

The judge on Fox just said that the venue stays the same, the more serious charges remain, and this was a defeat for DeLay.

Damn.

[scott7278]

With all respect to Judge Napolitano, I disagree that it was a defeat -- see post #160.

[Congressman Billybob]

Judge Napolitano (on Fox) is a nice guy who smiles a lot. But he is a turkey on legal issues from time to time. For instance, he absolutely blew it on what happens if Justice O'Connor hears the argument in a case, but the decision is not handed down until Justice Alito has taken her place.

The correct answer, which the lamestream media has finally recognized from prior Court experience in this exact issue, is this: if O'Connor's vote does not affect the outcome, her vote is discarded and the decision is announced.

But, if her vote would affect the income, the decision is withdrawn and the case is reargued, with the new Justice now seated and participating.

Same situation here. Napalitano doesn't even have it right that there is an outstanding motion to dismiss the money-laundering charge for misconduct by Ronnie Earle. And after that will be another motion to dismiss the charge during the trial. And a motion to drop deLay from the case as a defendant.

This charge is harder to prove, and likely is going nowhere. Judge Napolitano is behind the legal curve. Again.

John / Billybob

[Diddle E. Squat]

Is that the same Judge Napolitano who recently emphatically stated that a school violated the free speech rights of students when it prevented the high school paper from running a lengthy and graphic story on all kinds of birth control devices?

He can be an idiot at times.