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Retired Justice Sandra Day O'Connor blasts Tom DeLay

David Donnelly — Fri, 10 Mar 2006 13:17:00 +0000

On NPR this morning, Nina Totenberg covered a speech by retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor in which she took DeLay to task, not by name but by deed. Here's a partial transcript, courtesy of Raw Story:And then she took aim at f...

Prosecutors Seek to Revive DeLay Conspiracy Charge

Nancy Watzman — Thu, 19 Jan 2006 11:34:00 +0000

Prosecutors are seeking to revive a criminal conspiracy charge against Rep. Tom DeLay, reports the AP. They want the 3rd Court of Appeals to reconsider the decision of State District Judge Pat Priest to dismiss a charge of conspiracy to violat...

Be Careful What You Email

Nancy Watzman — Tue, 20 Dec 2005 13:02:00 +0000

For a peek into the Judge Pat Priest's chambers, read the report in the Austin American-Statesman on how he has apologized in a previously confidential email to Tom DeLay's legal team and prosecutors about the "very confused state" of the ...

Bush On The Defensive For DeLay Comment

Rick Bielke — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 11:18:00 +0000

During an interview on FOX News Channel on Wednesday, President Bush was asked if he thought DeLay was innocent. The President responded "yes I do" immediately putting the White House on the defensive. From the Washington Post: "'The presi...

DeLay Front Page News...Again

Nancy Watzman — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 11:14:00 +0000

Tom DeLay must be rethinking the adage that all publicity is good publicity. He makes the nation's front pages again today, as newspapers report on the Supreme Court's decision to take up the Texas redistricting case. Here is the Washington ...

Prosecutors Want DeLay, Whoops, Delay

Nancy Watzman — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 10:25:00 +0000

The AP reported yesterday that prosecutors asked Judge Pat Priest not to let Rep. Tom DeLay's trial begin because they plan to appeal the judge's dismissal of one of the three campaign finance charges against him. If Judge Priest agrees, tha...

Quick links to stories of note

David Donnelly — Mon, 12 Dec 2005 10:41:00 +0000

I'm in meetings over the next couple of days so blogging will be a little light. Here are two stories of note, though. The first is a Dallas Morning News editorial that was syndicated by Knight-Ridder, which means it appeared elsewhere:Beyond...

DeLay Hearing Put Off Until After The Holiday Season

Rick Bielke — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 12:56:00 +0000

More bad news for DeLay. Judge Priest has sent a letter to DeLay's defense team telling them that because of other cases the Judge has pending, he won't be able to hold any hearings on DeLay's case until December 27--at the earliest.The Jud...

DeLay's New Strategy Involves A Lot of "If's"

Rick Bielke — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 11:12:00 +0000

Judge priest stripped out some language in the conspiracy charge against DeLay which could push back the trial date if the prosecutors decide to appeal that decision.Because of this, DeLay is trying to separate the two charges--money launderin...

Round Up

Nancy Watzman — Tue, 06 Dec 2005 13:00:00 +0000

Judge Priest's DeLay ruling gets front-page billing in major dailies today. There are lots of opportunities for guessing-the-anonymous-source, particularly when talking about DeLay's political future--or lack thereof.In the Washington Post, ...