Reply #25: You make motions and objections [View All]

[GrpCaptMandrake]

even if you expect to lose on them at the trial court level in order to create a record for appeal. Don't think that Tom will quietly change into his orange jumpsuit and get his toothbrush and soap-on-a-rope just because he gets convicted at trial. There will be ages of appeals if there's a conviction.

I doubt the judge is in DeLay's pocket. This is the county where Austin is. It's a long way from Sugarland-Wingnutville. Even if he was in DeLay's pocket, letting the subpoena stand would be almost walking error for Earle's side.

One piece of strategery may be to get an appeal of the subpoena itself up to the Repiglican clowns on the Texas Supreme Court.

But ask yourself this: DeLay says he wants a speedy trial. Why in the world would he want to slow things down with these kinds of stall tactics, if he was really in a hurry?