Comments on: Interest in Supreme Court Races Picking Up

By: anon

anon — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 14:04:25 +0000

There isn’t a snow ball’s chance in hell Alice Martin could win a general election in Alabama – PERIOD!

By: jack

jack — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:55:27 +0000

Justice delayed is justice denied.

By: urguess

urguess — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 04:54:55 +0000

with those 2 republicans sqauring off it will put Mac in the drivers seat. one is considered ineffective and the other is not very well liked by the general public. do the math

By: Roy

Roy — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:44:05 +0000

Sorry, princeliberty, I read almost every decision issued by the Supreme Court and you are absolutely dead wrong about Parker’s writings. Both the quantity AND the quality of his work is far below average (even for a pretty average court).

By: Mullet

Mullet — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:11:17 +0000

25,

I don’t think any lawyer would say that Parker’s opinions are better written and more thoroughly researched than the other opinions that come out of the court. I read Supreme Court opinions myself (on a regular basis) and I don’t believe Parker’s opinions are “deeper … and more researched.”

By: princeliberty

princeliberty — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:45:31 +0000

Its not a matter of how many opinions but the quality.

You have to look at the actual amount of work.

If you ever had occassion to read of Parker’s opinions and dissents you would see he goes far deeper and does lot more research than the other Justices.

Your just repeating a tried old Nabors line.

Brown spend over 4,000,000 Parker less than 1/8 of majority of that did not come from trial lawyers.

Then Nabors keep hitting Parker over the head with that even though Parker got nothing in 2006 from the trial lawyers while on the other hand Governor Riley’s single largest contributor was

JERE BEASLEY – over $300,000 in the primary alone.

There is a good reason he got more state legal contracts than anyone else.

By: A little close to home?

A little close to home? — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:02:29 +0000

Montgomery Voter, I just call it like I see it. And, I agree that some posters on here tout an agenda. Maybe you should follow your own advice and keep yours to yourself.

By: Roy

Roy — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:51:50 +0000

Next week, the Alabama Supreme Court will release statistics reflecting each individual Justice’s workload and productivity. I suspect that those statistics will show that Justice Parker has clearly not been earning his substantial state salary. Both the BCA and the trial lawyers ought to want to replace someone who is guilty of delaying justice and refusing to do his job. Justice Parker is an embarrassment to the Court. You can’t “follow the law” if you don’t bother to ever put it down on paper.

By: Loyal Independent

Loyal Independent — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:57:34 +0000

Gee Post #19, a little sensitive. The trial lawyers did give him enough to beat Jean Brown, who spent soemthing like $4 Million dollars in a primary in an attempt to patch over the Roy Moore PR disaster. Seems like her theme then was “follow the law”. And curious that Tom’s theme is going to have to be “follow the law” now.

By: Montgomery Voter

Montgomery Voter — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:44:37 +0000

Somehow I doubt a guy like James Anderson actually posts here. It is the usual collection of mouth breathers and hacks touting their preferred – and paid – candidates’ company lines. So A little close to home, are you outing yourself as being on this Joe Hubbard kid’s payroll?

By: Mullet

Mullet — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:42:42 +0000

Kelli Wise for Supreme Court Justice. Wow! Repubs, we can do better.

By: princeliberty

princeliberty — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:17:34 +0000

The trial lawyers only gave Parker money in the primary in 2004. The trial lawyers did not give him nearly as much money as people like to make out.

Esp. Beasley. Beasley talked about giving Parker big bucks but then did very little.

They did not help him in the general election in 2004 and did not support him at all in his race for Chief Justice.

The BCA does not a economic conservative – they want someone in their back pocket who well bend the law their way.

Parker simply follows the law and does not bend it to help the BCA or the trial lawyers.

If you are going to have someone run against you – Martin is just the kind of opponent you like to have.

She is a joke.

By: A little close to home?

A little close to home? — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:24:51 +0000

Geeze, Montgomery Voter… someone is sensitive tonight. Don’t worry. If you, I mean James, wants to run statewide again, he will have all the support he needs, and you, I mean his, practice will be in good hands while he is up at the Supreme Court.

By: STAND UP FOR BAMA

STAND UP FOR BAMA — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:09:05 +0000

Doug McElvy would be an excellent Sup. Ct. Justice and so would James Anderson.

By: Montgomery Voter

Montgomery Voter — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 02:40:28 +0000

What part of this: “he does not want to take on a state wide again, and being a legislator would allow him to keep his law practice open” did you not understand?