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Barack Obama even did a little pay-for-play “Chicago Style” payoff to Alaska State Senator Kim Elton for his part in the “Troopergate” smear. After being sworn in, Obama quietly appointed Elton to a make work job over at the Department of Interior. You can read the whole deal, as well as watch the great video that ties the entire mess together in a nice little bow, here. As you know, Levi Johnston, the poster child for abstinence, and deadbeat dad of the century, is now “staring” in an advertising campaign for nuts. This ad, which also features his “bodyguard” “Tank”...

Supreme Court Judge Ordered To Jail Or Alcohol Treatment Facility BOWLING GREEN, Ohio -- Supreme Court Justice Alice Robie Resnick changed her drunken driving plea to guilty on Monday afternoon. Bowling Green Municipal Court Judge Mark Reddin sentenced Resnick, 65, to three days in jail or 72 consecutive hours at an alcohol treatment center that she must complete by May 8. Resnick was also placed on a two-year probation and was fined $600. Her driver's license was suspended until July 31. Resnick, 65, of Toledo, did not give a statement in court. Sources close to NBC 4 said that Resnick...

Justice Arrested for Drunken Driving Asked Officer to Let Her Go The Associated Press Published: Feb 6, 2005 COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A state Supreme Court justice pulled over for drunk driving urged a police officer not to arrest her and cited her rulings in drunken driving cases, according to police videotapes. Justice Alice Robie Resnick, 65, of Toledo, is scheduled to appear court Monday, one week after police pulled her over on Interstate 75 in northern Ohio. Her attorney, Sheldon Wittenberg, filed a request last week indicating she wants to change her innocent plea, but he did not say...

Resnick admitted to having a drink; Justice told police officer that she had 'something' Resnick Zoom By JIM PROVANCE BLADE COLUMBUS BUREAU COLUMBUS - Ohio Supreme Court Justice Alice Robie Resnick admitted to an Ohio Highway Patrol sergeant that she had indeed had something to drink before she was pulled over Monday afternoon for driving under the influence. She had repeatedly denied having consumed alcohol or taken medication when first approached by police at a gas station in Bowling Green and later when pulled over on I-75 South near Cygnet in Wood County. But later, just as Sgt. W.H. Stidham...

She's supposed to uphold the law, but Ohio Supreme Court Justice Alice Robie Resnick is accused of breaking it. The justice faces drunken driving charges after a state trooper arrested Justice Resnick after receiving several calls of an erratic driver in Wood County. Six 911 calls came in Monday about the erratic driving they'd seen. Officials say they were able to locate the vehicle described in the calls, a gold Jeep Grand Cherokee. The car belonged to Ohio Supreme Court Justice Alice Robie Resnick.

Justice Resnick charged with DUI Calls to authorities about erratic driver lead to arrest on I-75 Tuesday, February 01, 2005 Jon Craig THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH Ohio Supreme Court Justice Alice Robie Resnick was charged with operating a motor vehicle while under the influence and driving outside marked lines yesterday in Wood County. The 2:02 p.m. arrest by the State Highway Patrol followed several cellphone calls from motorists reporting an erratic driver on southbound I-75, according to Lt. Rick Zwayer, a patrol spokesman. Resnick, 65, of Toledo, was pulled over near Rt. 6 south of Bowling Green, where she failed field...