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November 16, 2007

Scruggs Asks Judges to Not Hear Case

WTOK, 11/15/7 Every eligible federal judge in north Alabama has stepped aside from presiding in the criminal contempt case of Mississippi trial lawyer Richard Scruggs. He is accused of disobeying an order by failing to turn over Katrina-related insurance documents to a court. The 16 district judges and magistrate judges agreed to recuse themselves from…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
November 16, 2007

Don’t look for Barbour’s ‘cutting taxes’ plan to favor citizens

The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 11/16/7 His victory, Haley Barbour tells us, was a “big conservative mandate.” But is that what Mississippi needs? Conservatism we’ve had for a half century and where has it gotten us? Last place in almost every index. Barbour’s idea of “conservative” is scary, judging by remarks and actions he took in his…