Neato - if I'm ever appealing a ruling before a Supreme Court, I hope I also get to appoint the judges who'll hear the case:
Judge Burdette's contributions were to Fletcher's 2003 gubernatorial campaign, and he gave the maximum contribution in the general election. One month after Fletcher was sworn-in, Burdette was rewarded with a judicial appointment by Fletcher after a vacancy occurred. Now Fletcher asks Burdette to sit on the Supreme Court to hear his final appeal in his capacity as governor -- which Burdette helped him win. This is breathtakingly audacious.
Promoting some of your campaign contributors for the purposes of hearing a single case, a case in which you are one of the parties - no, there's nothing remotely fishy about that.
Posted by armand at February 27, 2006 12:58 PM | TrackBack | Posted to Politics