reggie walton is corrupt

* a while back, reddhedd had a post where she argued that abortion rights are important because of rape and incest situations. I was going to write a scathing attack on that idea, because it plays right into the hands of the fetus-lovers and gives them scope to take away the basic right to choice, if they carve out exceptions based on certain extraordinary situations. in my book, choice is choice. in any case, reddhedd has a new post explaining her position a little bit from a personal perspective.

* reddhedd also has two posts up about Libby's defense here and here - as you know, libby's defense is that he was too busy with important NatSec matters to remember stuff about Plame. THe problem with this is twofold - he had about a thousand conversations about Wilson and Plame, and documented it prescisely, and second, i wish that he really was worried about NatSec stuff like the war that he and his friends were about to start, for no reason.

* via steve soto: "Lawyers for Vice President Cheney’s former top aide asked a federal judge Thursday to dismiss his indictment because the special prosecutor in the CIA leak case lacked authority to bring the charges...
Libby’s lawyers warned U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton that he may need to require the Justice Department to turn over records — including a secret letter from Comey to Fitzgerald — to determine whether the special counsel’s appointment is legal."
there's a lot of mocking of Libby's defense strategy - the problem is that reggie walton is corrupt - and anything is possible... we'll hear more about him soon...