Using the Justice Department to win seats for the DemonRATS is despicable.
I would LOVE to see that!! Go TED GO! I don’t like him, but he really got a RAW DEAL.
I don’t know if he can, but he most definitely should!
Just because the State had a crappy case and engaged in prosecutorial misconduct, one shouldn't believe that Stevens is "innocent" of all charges. He won't expose himself to the possibility of perjury with all that sworn testimony and the close examination it would bring.
“It doesn’t matter if he can win. He should do it to exact his ouch of flesh and stick it to the Democrats.”
Winner, winner. The proper mindset is expressed.
The attorney responsible for this was certainly corrupt. She came into the Justice Department under Bush I, was promoted by clinton, and then showed her hand under Bush II.
But I confess I am staggered by the fact that leftist worms in the Justice Department and FBI under President Bush were responsible for this miscarriage of justice, and now suddenly Obama and Holder are saying, “Oops! Mistakes were made!”
This article actually calls Holder, probably the most corrupt Attorney General since . . . well, since Janet Reno? Bobby Kennedy? . . . well anyway, they are calling Holder a hero!
Holder a hero! Holder an honest guy! Barf.
These corrupt manipulators do nothing without a reason. Why are they suddenly exonerating Stevens now? Presumably they know their Democrat senate seat is safe for the next six years, no matter the outrage.
Is this some kind of plan to manipulate Alaskan politics and undermine Sarah Palin, perhaps?
I really don’t understand this. But I think it needs a little thinking about, not just blind knee-jerk reaction. What are they up to? Why did they suddenly decide to lift their own rug and let the dirt fly out?
He should do it to exact his ouch of flesh and stick it to the Democrats.
Just so no one is misled, it is well to note: This travesty was perpetrated by the George Bush "Justice" Department, not the democrats.
I say why not nominate him to run for POTUS in 2012.
This should stir things up a bit.
I hope he does sue, I hope he sets up a defense fund to fight them all the way to the US Supreme Court.
NO but I am sure Cat Stevens can win, especially seeing the makeup of the White house the congress and the much of the courts......they might even make him Senator from Alaska!
He can sue, but will loose at the demurrer stage.
I don’t know if he can sue the government and win, but I suspect he can sue the “attorneys” in the Department of Justice because they had exculpatory evidence which they did not disclose which led to his conviction. He should also file complaints with every bar association to which those attorneys belong seeking the ultimate sanction—revocation of their licenses to practice law.
Holder doesn’t have any skin in the game so he certainly doesn’t mind playing the role of a Hero. If this debacle could be traced to him I guarantee you he certainly would not draw attention to it by making a statement about corrupt conduct! He certainly doesn’t care if Stevens sues with the amount of money flying freely out the windows of the government either and it’s more trouble to hassle Steven then to dismiss him and let everyone go on their merry way. The Democrats got the seat and that is all they wanted.
In addition to the corrupt DOJ actions, the Dems poured $5.5 Million into attack ads.
Mark Begich is a polition of the first stripe - bought and paid for. AS for the case, the FBI had less than nothing.
The ‘star’ witness was turned by the Feds after the FedGov threated to put his children in prision, the ‘star’ witness had over $70 miillion in the balance, the ‘star’ witness was up for drug and child protitution/sex with underage girls (13 and 14 YO) charges that the FedGov has managed to bury.
Witnesses that claim the FedGov figues for work o the home in GIrdwood are BS were never heard. THe crap about the auto swap was thown out almost the instant the “trial” started.....
The REAL lesson here is - if these corrupt asshats (Bozos is too nice a word) cn bring down the most powerful Senator in the US, what hope in hell to YOU have if they decide to go after you?
Martha S. went ot prision for ‘lying’ about a crimne she was never charged with — and yet an admitted tax cheat sits as the Sec of Treasury...and other admitted tax cheats sit on Cabinet posts.
Ya, the US I knew and defended for decades is all but gone.
The next election cycle is going to be a popcorn fest.
Can Al Gore sue the government and win? He won the popular vote, and a final count of the Florida popular vote showed that he would have won that state, as well, if the recount hadn’t been stopped. The final Florida count came out after Bush had been sworn in and was serving however, so it was assumed to not really matter.
Should Gore have sued? Or demanded a revote? And that was for the Presidency, not a Senate seat.
Perhaps Tom Delay can join in that suit too.
Given the number of contempt citations issued by Judge Sullivan, and the removal of the entire prosecution team after numerous acts of misconduct, I think it's possible.
But more than that, I want to see those prosecutors fired, prosecuted, and disbarred. The same goes for the FBI agent that withheld and falsified evidence.
Don’t you just want to smack all those liberal websites who posted vile threads and articles against Palin over this criminal prosecution. They should be ashamed of themselves but instead they will find nothing was illegal. For the democrats to win anything they have to defraud so this is in their master plan rule book.
Holder making this decision, he will be cheered for bipartisan decision as it were. But in reality, obama got one of the opposing party out of his way. It was obama’s campaign team that sent everyone they could to find trash on Palin similar to how obama released divorce records of his opposing party in Illinois. It was obama’s people who made sure they pushed all the right buttons to screw stevens. One of the people finding evidence on Stevens was on obama’s website as a team member. This was all known last year and the court was alerted to listen to their concerns. Nope. The bell was rung so nothing Holder did means anything except they got what they wanted.
And where was Bush when this was happening?
You DO NOT mess with the Potted Plant!
-PJ
the court, in any criminal case (other than a case in which the defendant is represented by assigned counsel paid for by the public) pending on or after the date of the enactment of this Act [Nov. 26, 1997], may award to a prevailing party, other than the United States, a reasonable attorneys fee and other litigation expenses, where the court finds that the position of the United States was vexatious, frivolous, or in bad faith, unless the court finds that special circumstances make such an award unjust.
Okay, so what does this mean?
According to Richman, an aggrieved defendant needs to show that there was really no basis to the prosecution, a showing, Richman feels is nearly impossible to make.
He adds: I suppose we could come up with some crazy set of facts that havent been revealed yet in the Stevens matter that would give some credence to this position, but given the facts as the public knows them now, it would be very hard to make this kind of case.
In dismissing the claim brought by Mr. Schneider, the Second Circuit seemed to make clear that the intent of the prosecution needed to be improper.
We note that the statute does not allow an award for any instance of vexatious, frivolous, or bad-faith conduct.
- Now note this contradiction:
"An award is allowed only where the court finds that the position of the United States was vexatious, frivolous, or in bad faith.