Yeah I thought that was wrong too, but I guess it could be argued that we wouldn't have given them power to do so if we didn't want them using it when they thought it was necessary. IMO the DA should have stepped down following the DUI because that's an offense that some have been disbarred for in the past. It's not a stretch to say it's something that should cost you your job if you work in the DA's office.
I don't know why we haven't heard of her disbarment, now that you mention it. Here's a random link on the rules for disbarment: https://www.legalethicstexas.com/Et...I--COMPULSORY-DISCIPLINE/8-05-Disbarment.aspx But I think these arguments about how unfit Lehmberg is for office hurt Perry more than they help him. If she is so unfit, why weren't these other methods of redress employed? Why does Perry have to go nuke her budget? I mentioned early on in this thread how he could have used his own prominence to cast a light on her and essentially shame her out of office. Disbarment is another legitimate recourse to police lawyers who break the law. When Perry says the State of Texas had to be protected from this crazy drunken DA, I'd have to respond with why haven't you done these other things? Of course, the answer is those other actions don't give him control of the PIU.
I'm pretty political neutral in all this, no informed opinion either way, don't have a team, but WOW that DA lol. How can she be so ignorant about the process given her job? From the field sobriety test, to back at the station, it was as if she was just a random clueless citizen off the street being arrested for the first time, not knowing what to expect, what's going on, but worse. Constantly making it worse every step of the way. I kind of like that she stays, surely she is right now negotiating dwi sentences with defense attorneys laughing at her.
Oh for sure there's questions about what was the REAL motivation behind Perry's actions, but questions aren't proof so that's why I think he walks.
Good article on this topic: http://www.politico.com/magazine/st...tment-liberals-110229.html?hp=r6#.U_ZStmN_Qgk Some things of note: 1. The Travis County DA didn't initiate any of this 2. As discussed before, the prosecutor has lots of GOP ties; hard to dismiss as a partisan witchhunt 3. As I mentioned earlier, the veto itself is irrelevant here. The investigation actually started BEFORE the veto ever happened.
Interesting article. Hopefully it's a matter of time before all the facts are laid out and exposed in front of a grand jury. .
put him on the list with Scott Walker, Ted Stevens, Tom Delay of Dem DAs abusing their power to try and take down political opponents <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Rick Perry indictments DISMISSED by Court of Criminal Appeals. <a href="https://t.co/sOQglOxvqT">https://t.co/sOQglOxvqT</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/txlege?src=hash">#txlege</a></p>— Chuck Lindell (@chucklindell) <a href="https://twitter.com/chucklindell/status/702508427289886720">February 24, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
And with that, the partisan hit squad in the Travis County DA's office is permanently retired, once and for all. Good riddance.
Of course, the Travis County DA wasn't actually involved in this - the prosecutor is a long-time Republican with ties to Bush - but hey, I guess it fits in your world where facts are irrelevant.
Yeah it's crazy how some people will just substitute their own facts rather than use the actual ones. The story they want to see clouds the vision of actual facts and truth. It's bizarre to see it so openly displayed like this.
I don't think it's crazy or bizarre. It's intentional, dangerous, and bad for our society at large. But as long as their team "wins" a trivial short term battle, it's all worth while. RAH RAH RAH.
Your probably right, but I can't help but think that most people would see through it. It seems so out of anything rational that it's almost laughable. But looking at presidential candidates and their supporters, I guess it is a real problem, and not just something we can laugh at and joke about, though I probably still will anyway.
If everyone will recall, Perry was indicted because he used his gubernatorial powers to attempt to blackmail an elected official (and political enemy) into resigning. I rather expected all along that Perry would wiggle out of it in the end, but it's still a dark day when we let public officials get away with abusing the powers of their offices. Here the court is saying that political blackmail of elected officials is not something that can be "circumscribed by the Legislature, by the courts, or by district attorneys," in the words of the majority position. I'm not too happy about that.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Officially the best first line of a legal decision ever. Congrats <a href="https://twitter.com/GovernorPerry">@GovernorPerry</a>! <a href="https://t.co/l1QkTIyvNZ">https://t.co/l1QkTIyvNZ</a> <a href="https://t.co/gGcRVmESc9">pic.twitter.com/gGcRVmESc9</a></p>— Emily Domenech (@ehdomenech) <a href="https://twitter.com/ehdomenech/status/702613306981351424">February 24, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
