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Clarion Ledger on the new supreme court justices, elected judges, and questions about integrity of the judiciary after the Scruggs cases

January 11th, 2009 @ 3:48 pm - by NMC · 2 Comments

The Clarion Ledger editorialized today about the newly sworn-in Mississippi Supreme Court justices, and said:

Perhaps never in Mississippi history has the state’s judiciary been under more scrutiny. As the “Scruggs I” judicial bribery scandal gives way to an unfolding “Scruggs II” probe in which a former Hinds County district attorney has surrendered his license to practice law, it’s clear that the state’s high court must take a leading role in restoring the perception and the reality of judicial integrity in all levels of the state’s judiciary.

But this state’s judicial elections continue to demean the dignity of the court and to see voters manipulated by special interest groups seeking to hold sway over the judicial philosophies of the courts.

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2 Responses so far ↓

  1. Ben Cole says:
    January 11, 2009 at 4:21 pm

    This has nothing to do with the CL or the state’s judiciary. I invite you to read today’s NYT columns by Frank Rich and Mo Dowd.

  2. lotus says:
    January 11, 2009 at 4:35 pm

    From a reader:

    When I read of Bernie Madoff and how he kept his sons out of his dirty dealings and when he told them what was up had them go directly to the authorities and turn him in, I can’t help but contrast that with Dickie and Zach. Dickie had Zach all up in it, Zach had to play try to beat the charges until Dickie decided not to.

    Mike Moore said of Zach, “what was he supposed to do? Turn his daddy in?” Exactly, Mr. Moore, ye ex almighty and high law enforcement officer. That is precisely what Zach was supposed to do. But I guess to do that, he should’ve had a dad with at least as much moral fiber as Bernie Madoff had.