Comments on: Ronnie Earle subpoenaed …

By: Sister Toldjah

Sister Toldjah — Sat, 15 Oct 2005 07:21:28 +0000

“The prosecutor’s office is not a democracy.”

Don’t think anyone has asserted that it is.

“If there is evidence that Tom Delay committed a crime and Ronnie Earle is disqualified someone else in that office will prosecute the claims.”

Yes, that is correct.

“The tactic of attacking opposing council is at best a risky one. It is generally considered a very sleazy tactic and doesn’t do much in the way of winning favor with the judges assigned to the respective cases. ”

Interesting you choose to attack this move by DeLay’s lawyers as “sleazy” without addressing the sleazy tactics of the prosecutor.

By: Kathy

Kathy — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 18:43:04 +0000

The prosecutor’s office is not a democracy. If there is evidence that Tom Delay committed a crime and Ronnie Earle is disqualified someone else in that office will prosecute the claims. The tactic of attacking opposing council is at best a risky one. It is generally considered a very sleazy tactic and doesn’t do much in the way of winning favor with the judges assigned to the respective cases.

By: Baklava

Baklava — Thu, 13 Oct 2005 05:20:35 +0000

If Ronnie Earle has done something illegal (just as if Tom Delay has done something illegal) it would be important to get to the bottom of it. You can’t just have prosecutors making allegations of wrong doing to every majority leader so that they get removed from their leadership position.

BTW, I disagree with your assessment Kathy of Tom Delay’s lawyers. If Ronnie Earle has acted illegally people would think twice about just assigning another lawyer until they are SURE this time of the evidence showing Tom Delay broke a law. In Ronnie’s very apparent haste, the evidence appears to be weak and the law may not even be broken by Tom.

By: Kathy

Kathy — Thu, 13 Oct 2005 02:11:47 +0000

Actually it is a common tactic. If the judge doesn’t quash the subpoena then Ronnie Earle becomes a witness and as such is disqualified from acting as the prosecutor. It is a common tactic more often employed in civil litigation. I don’t really see what benefit this is to Delay other than PR. They will just go down the hall and assign another lawyer to the case. Sounds more like Delay’s lawyers want to create as many billable hours as possible since the former speaker has some rather deep pockets with everyone contributing to his defense fund and all.

By: ArizonaTeach

ArizonaTeach — Tue, 11 Oct 2005 23:54:02 +0000

Cue Dan Rather apologists – just because it was all made up doesn’t mean it isn’t really true!