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March 23, 2012

YP – Dickie Scruggs legal team claims his conduct covered by the 1st amendment – it’s a wild read

Unlike a case about animal cruelty videos or pornography, the Court is working at the very core of First Amendment protections – the ability to petition the government about a candidate for federal office. “There is practically universal agreement that a major purpose of that Amendment was to protect the free discussion of governmental affairs…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
March 23, 2012

NMC – Judge Davidson to Dickie Scruggs: Listen up. You have to prove actual innocence

Judge Davidson to Dickie Scruggs: Listen up. You have to prove actual innocence Judge Davidson has just entered an order denying Scruggs’s motion that the court set aside his plea because there was no bribery and therefore (the argument goes) no federal crime and thus no jurisdiction. Judge Davidson responds that any jurisdiction argument was…