Don Siegelman's friend: ‘Legal Schnauzer’ blogger arrested for contempt of court, resisting arrest

[madfloridian]

24. Karl Rove set his sights on Alabama and judges. From 2007....

Your post reminded me of something I wrote back in 2007, a compilation about Siegelman's woes. It's just crazy.

"A Stain on Lady Justice"..Siegelman in jail, Rove writing for Newsweek.

Now Karl Rove, the President's top political strategist, has been implicated in the controversy. A longtime Republican lawyer in Alabama swears she heard a top G.O.P. operative in the state say that Rove "had spoken with the Department of Justice" about "pursuing" Siegelman, with help from two of Alabama's U.S. attorneys.

The allegation was made by Dana Jill Simpson, a lifelong Republican and lawyer who practices in Alabama.

Talk about a mess:

Now we learn from the Associated Press notes that Governor Siegelman’s appeal to the Eleventh Circuit is being held up because there is no transcript.

The bulky transcript from the two-month-long trial has not been completed and must be available before attorneys for Siegelman and Scrushy can appeal the convictions to the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta. The delay was caused partly by the death earlier this year of Jimmy Dickens, the court reporter who recorded the trial, which included dozens of witnesses and mounds of physical evidence.

I need to ask where are the Democrats on this issue!