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(45,251 posts)sketchy is beyond me.
blogslut
(38,002 posts)I'm taking this moment and enjoying the hell out of it.
former9thward
(32,019 posts)Nobody in the legal community is standing up for it.
merrily
(45,251 posts)That was gratuitous.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Although I'm unaware that there's nobody in the legal community standing up for the Perry indictment. In fact, I've seen several knowledgeable posts around the internet that as seemingly loose as the standards are for a Texas governor to be held to account for abuse of power, Perry may have accomplished it in trying to subvert an ongoing investigation into executive branch corruption, trying to force an elected official from office, and then vetoing funding of her agency when she declined.
If Perry was all that concerned about who was running the Travis County District Attorney's office, there were other remedies at his disposal besides threats and withholding the office's funding. Perry doesn't impress me as the subtle, nuanced type.
merrily
(45,251 posts)former9thward
(32,019 posts)Has that stopped anybody on the internet from commenting?
Others echoed that sentiment, including Jonathan Turley, a constitutional law scholar at The George Washington University: "One of the laws being used is hopelessly vague, the other really doesn't appear to fit."
http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/politics/texas/article/Prosecutors-may-have-a-tough-time-making-Perry-5693373.php
merrily
(45,251 posts)Not that every lawyer or judge in the country is commenting anyway.
Again, it's not whether the indictment is "sketchy" or not. It's whether Axelrod's weighing in publicly was gratuitous or not. I think he could have kept it to himself.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/17/rick-perry-indictment_n_5685735.html
former9thward
(32,019 posts)We all want to comment no matter if we have any competence or not. That is the business model that drives Twitter, FB, DU and a thousand others. Might as well fight the tides.
blogslut
(38,002 posts)That's when everybody is on the road, driving home from work.
malaise
(269,045 posts)alsame
(7,784 posts)pinto
(106,886 posts)blogslut
(38,002 posts)procon
(15,805 posts)that he'll pose with an idiotic grin for his booking photo?
blogslut
(38,002 posts)UTUSN
(70,706 posts)blogslut
(38,002 posts)Here's a Dallas Morning News article with a larger version:
http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/2014/08/rick-perry-to-be-booked-at-travis-county-courthouse-supporters-plan-rally.html/
Blue Owl
(50,407 posts)n/t