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February 14, 2008
Taylor votes against plan
The Hattiesburg American, 2/13/8 President Bush is expected to sign an economic stimulus bill Wednesday that will give thousands of Mississippi taxpayers checks of at least $300 to $600. But Rep. Gene Taylor, said the distribution of billions of dollars is a bad idea. The only Mississippi lawmaker to vote against the plan, Taylor said…
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February 14, 2008
LNL – ‘Insider’ Wigand compensated generously as unpaid tobacco fact witness
‘Insider’ Wigand compensated generously as unpaid tobacco fact witness Wigand doesn’t discourage such suspicion. He has testified that lawyers gave Smoke Free Kids $2 million; that South Carolina lawyer Ron Motley loaned him $505,000 so he could buy a condominium in Charleston, S.C., that he has stayed at Motley’s home and on his yacht; that…
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February 14, 2008
DJ – Federal grand jury returns to its session
Federal grand jury returns to its session The men and women convened Wednesday morning at the downtown federal courthouse, chatting with front-door security guards they’ve come to know during their extended duty considering information from government prosecutors. It was unclear if Wednesday was their last day since grand jury activity is secret. “Looks like this…
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February 14, 2008
SETR – Legally Speaking: Justice for sale?
Legally Speaking: Justice for sale? The question of who is responsible for this perception may depend largely on your political leanings. But one thing is clear – corporate defendants are not the monolithic evildoers, nor are plaintiffs’ personal injury lawyers the shining virtuous knights, that John Grisham’s black and white world would have you believe.…
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February 14, 2008
FOLO – Patterson and Balducci talk about P.L. Blake
Patterson and Balducci talk about P.L. Blake Balducci then responds, “Well, that’s exactly what I was gonna tell him today, is that I was just gonna tell him that I’ve taken care of somethin’ you and I had gotten handled and that I was gonna get you to talk to P.L. and let P.L. visit…
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February 14, 2008
Hurt suspends campaign for House District 1
Hurt suspends campaign for House District 1 Hurt, who faced four challengers in the Democratic bid for 1st District U.S. House Representatives, said poor health and a lucrative book deal prompted his decision. Because it’s too late to remove his name from the March 11 election ballot, Hurt said he will participate in debates if…
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February 14, 2008
WSJLAWBLOG – Fun With Wiretaps, Courtesy of L’Affaire Scruggs
Fun With Wiretaps, Courtesy of L’Affaire Scruggs Henry Lackey: Hello? Tim Balducci: Uh, Hey Judge, It’s Tim. JL: Hey, Hee. . Hee . . He . . TB: How ya doing buddy? JL: Doing good . . . TB: Good . . . good . . . You got just a second? JL: Have plenty…
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February 14, 2008
MS Democrats Oppose Any Voter Identification
The chairman of the Mississippi Democratic Party said today that a voter identification proposal before a state House committee could intimidate some people and prevent them from voting. Wayne Dowdy also said enacting voter ID in Mississippi is not an effective way to eliminate or combat voter fraud. “This issue is wrong for Mississippi,” Dowdy…
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February 14, 2008
MPB Interview with Don Mason re: Scruggs’ Defense “Entrapment” Allegations
MPB’s Sandra Knispel spoke to Don Mason, associate director of the National Center for Justice and the Rule of Law at the University of Mississippi, about the motion to dismiss the Scruggs criminal bribery case.
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February 13, 2008
YP FLASHBACK – Scruggs: These are not just legal wars. They are public relations and political wars.
Lawyer Like A Hurricane Mr. Scruggs, 60, slim, often folksy and smooth as molasses in court, is using techniques that he honed in his earlier legal fights. He is arguing now, as he did before to such good effect, that he is fighting for the little guy who cannot stand up alone to big anonymous…
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February 13, 2008
FOLO – Thoughts on Scruggs’s quasi-entrapment argument
Thoughts on Scruggs’s quasi-entrapment argument Most lawyers reading that pleading think it has echoes of an entrapment defense without coming out and saying it; I think this has come up in comments. I had not given too much thought to why they don’t come out and say it, other than it’s procedurally not going to…
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February 13, 2008
FORTUNE – Scruggs may use stealth entrapment defense to bribery charge
Scruggs may use stealth entrapment defense to bribery charge In their papers, Scruggs and his two co-defendants – law partners Sidney A. Backstrom and David Zachary Scruggs (Scruggs’s son) – specifically ask a federal judge in Oxford, Mississippi to dismiss the indictment against them due to “outrageous government misconduct.” The motion alleges that government “agents,”…
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Frank Corder
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May 9, 2025
Mississippi Supreme Court allows Favre’s defamation lawsuit against Auditor White to continue
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Frank Corder
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May 9, 2025
Hyde-Smith draws GOP challenger as Democrats target her Mississippi U.S. Senate seat
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Frank Corder
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May 9, 2025
Thompson calls on Trump to “put politics aside,” nominate a qualified FEMA Administrator
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Frank Corder
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April 23, 2025
Amazon locating inbound cross dock operations in Marshall County, creating 1,000 jobs
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Lynne Jeter
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April 17, 2025
GE Aerospace moving at warp speed in Batesville
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Lynne Jeter
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April 15, 2025
ABB doubling size of operations in Tate County
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Laura Lee Leathers
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May 11, 2025
Mississippi Legends: Lacey Chabert, queen of Hallmark movies
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Matt Friedeman
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May 11, 2025
The graduation speech that’s hardest to listen to
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C.H. Spurgeon
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May 11, 2025
Wisdom in war
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Bill Crawford
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May 11, 2025
State still hugs bottom as education advances
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Roger Wicker
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May 9, 2025
Trump-Zelensky agreement could be pivotal moment toward ending Putin’s war
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Bishop Vincent Mathews
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May 9, 2025
The Church’s next mission field: Universal school choice
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