Quick Hits From Sugar Land

The decision by the Republican result oriented Court of Criminal Appeals should be no surprise. The Court of Criminal Appeals, many of its members who have allowed politics to influence its decisions before and who ALWAYS side with prosecutors who appeal to it to allow cases to proceed against those accused, finally found a case in which it concluded that charges should not be allowed to go forward. In cases involving often involving minorities and even Democrats, the Court of Criminal Appeals has ignored decisions of lower Courts terminating prosecutions and required cases to go forward. One can easily conclude that the majority ruled for the accused (DeLay) because he is a powerful Republican figure.

To be fair, there are many Republican judges in Texas who do believe in the rule of law, who work hard to keep politics out of the courts and to focus on doing justice. However, the Republican Court of Criminal Appeals normally rules for the prosecutors and, thus, the majority's sudden ruling for an accused who happens to be Republican Tom Delay should be viewed with skepticism. This apparent double standard approach by the Court's majority makes folks question whether the rule of law or the rule of Republicans was applied in DeLay's case.

Jason C.N. Smith
Fort Worth, Texas

"I am not a member of any organized party. I am a Democrat"
--Will Rogers

Delay still faces criminal charges. I hope his jury judges on the facts and not based upon his politics.

I don't see how any Republican would support her re-bid to go up against Lampson. She ran off DeLay's former staffers when she was in their the first time. And I am pretty sure you are borderline insane if you can run off people who worked for Tom DeLay.