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Quasimodo



(Sorry if I got up on the wrong side of bed this morning and can't work up much sympathy for a former DA in North Carolina who wants warrants against him kept sealed.)

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When contacted by The Courier-Times Friday, Ramsey said it was his desire to keep the search warrant sealed because he believes it may contain information that is not truthful.

“I think the affidavit is highly inflammatory,” Ramsey said. “It alleges things that may not be true. That would be my theory [on why to keep it sealed].

“I just think that there are some really inflammatory things in there that should not be released at this point, if ever,” Ramsey continued. “It may not even be the facts that will come out under oath if there ever is a trial in this matter.”


Yeah, just like all the civil libertarians said about the Duke lacrosse warrants--keep them sealed because they may have some really inflammatory things which are not true... :SarC:

And keep the McFadyen email sealed, too (because it was entirely irrelevant to the case--except as exculpatory evidence, though it could be--and was--rigged to make it seem inculpatory).



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Gov. Beverly Perdue's office is reviewing candidates to name someone to fill the remainder of Brewer's term.

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" have a retired judge in Durham, (and) I have a retired judge in Raleigh who would be fabulous, but the law won't allow me to hire them," she said.


Who is the world is Perdue thinking of to appoint as a DA?

(Note that if Cline retires for any reason, Perdue will also appoint her replacement--maybe a retired judge in Durham? According to the law*, it will have to be someone who resides in Durham county, and has a law degree. Likewise, it will probably have to be someone
with some experience, probably either as a judge or prosecutor. That kind of limits the choices...)


*This didn't apply when David Saacks was appointed, though; because the law permits the oligarchy to do what it wishes. (Inquiries may be directed to Judge Hudson)
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Roger Echols Jr., a Democrat, was the first to file for the seat of District 9A district attorney, which will be vacated by the retiring Joel Brewer on Monday.

Caswell County attorney Sandra S. Pugh, also a Democrat, who practices in the office of R. Lee Farmer in Yanceyville, is challenging Echols, as is Person County attorney, Republican Wallace Bradsher, who unsuccessfully opposed Brewer in the last election.


THREE candidates for DA? Well, it's nice to have a choice (unlike Durham).

I would have thought the DA's office in any county was a gem and that there would be many ambitious (in both a good and bad sense) seekers for that position...

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That those in question would have their patriotism, loyalty and values attacked by reputable public figures such as Elizabeth Cheney and journalists such as Kristol is as depressing a public episode as I have witnessed in many years.

What has become of our civic life in America? The only word that can do justice to the personal attacks on these fine lawyers -- and on the integrity of our legal system -- is shameful. Shameful.

Walter Dellinger
served as head of the Office of Legal Counsel in the Clinton administration. He is a partner at O'Melveny Myers and the Douglas B. Maggs Professor Emeritus of Law at Duke University. This column was written for The Washington Post.


I may agree with Dellinger here; but I cannot fail to remember that he kept his mouth shut when Scottsboro II was happening on his own campus.

He is sometimes mentioned as a possible candidate for SCOTUS. Yet in the face of grave injustice (a blatant frame of innocents who attended the university where he was on the faculty) he kept silent?

Was he intimidated into silence by Steel and co.? If so, what kind of judge would he make for SCOTUS?


ETA: In fact, I'll ask that question about the entire law faculty: what kind of jurists were they, and what qualifications had they to hold any office of public trust, if they were intimidated into silence when persons at their own institution were being blatantly railroaded? (In fact, what kind of human beings were they?)
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Quasimodo
Mar 6 2010, 09:29 AM

(Sorry if I got up on the wrong side of bed this morning and can't work up much sympathy for a former DA in North Carolina who wants warrants against him kept sealed.)

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When contacted by The Courier-Times Friday, Ramsey said it was his desire to keep the search warrant sealed because he believes it may contain information that is not truthful.

“I think the affidavit is highly inflammatory,” Ramsey said. “It alleges things that may not be true. That would be my theory [on why to keep it sealed].

“I just think that there are some really inflammatory things in there that should not be released at this point, if ever,” Ramsey continued. “It may not even be the facts that will come out under oath if there ever is a trial in this matter.”


Yeah, just like all the civil libertarians said about the Duke lacrosse warrants--keep them sealed because they may have some really inflammatory things which are not true... :SarC:

And keep the McFadyen email sealed, too (because it was entirely irrelevant to the case--except as exculpatory evidence, though it could be--and was--rigged to make it seem inculpatory).



Given what I know about the Little Rascals and Duke cases, the former DA is correct in that North Carolina warrants might contain a falsehood or two (or three or four....). However, given that this guy most likely produced dishonest warrants of his own, I don't have much sympathy for him.

It is interesting to me that these prosecutors -- after having abused people for years -- suddenly discover the law when the shoe is on the other foot. However, when THEY are running the show, the law takes a backseat, does it not?

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Mar 6 2010, 09:47 AM
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That those in question would have their patriotism, loyalty and values attacked by reputable public figures such as Elizabeth Cheney and journalists such as Kristol is as depressing a public episode as I have witnessed in many years.

What has become of our civic life in America? The only word that can do justice to the personal attacks on these fine lawyers -- and on the integrity of our legal system -- is shameful. Shameful.

Walter Dellinger
served as head of the Office of Legal Counsel in the Clinton administration. He is a partner at O'Melveny Myers and the Douglas B. Maggs Professor Emeritus of Law at Duke University. This column was written for The Washington Post.


I may agree with Dellinger here; but I cannot fail to remember that he kept his mouth shut when Scottsboro II was happening on his own campus.

He is sometimes mentioned as a possible candidate for SCOTUS. Yet in the face of grave injustice (a blatant frame of innocents who attended the university where he was on the faculty) he kept silent?

Was he intimidated into silence by Steel and co.? If so, what kind of judge would he make for SCOTUS?


ETA: In fact, I'll ask that question about the entire law faculty: what kind of jurists were they, and what qualifications had they to hold any office of public trust, if they were intimidated into silence when persons at their own institution were being blatantly railroaded? (In fact, what kind of human beings were they?)
Exactly right. Apparently, Dellinger believed that the LAX players were "too guilty" to deserve due process. The hypocrisy just stinks, does it not?

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