indicted Delay aides say law is too confusing

http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/08/23trmpac.html

The law that helped drive U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay from office and put two of his allies under criminal indictment can't be understood by the "man in the street," defense lawyers argued this morning.

Lawyers for Jim Ellis and John Colyandro, two DeLay lieutenants who operated Texans for a Republican Majority during the 2002 campaign, argued that the 3rd Court of Appeals should throw out indictments brought against their clients because the state's ban on corporate campaign money is confusing.

They also argued that the state's money-laundering statute did not apply to checks at the time, just cash.

Travis County prosecutors disagreed, urging the court to let the prosecution continue.

more...

:rofl: Funny, but lame!

This would have saved me hours of time (not to mention massive hand cramps) during my essay exams. "The law is too confusing." Exam over. Where's my A+?

:rofl:

If you know any who are hiring, give me a call!!!

:rofl:

The man on the street can't do his taxes. Hell, there are math professors who can't do their taxes. That doesn't mean you don't have to do your taxes. Go fuck yourself, Tom. You knew what you were doing.

:rofl:

...Cashiers Checks...but to my recollection, that's not the same as stealing money.

Wouldn't you like to put these assholes in a room full of pissed-off Gorillas?

NO CORPORATE MONEY?

...as Steve Martin might say.

...the cops can't touch me, right? Morans!

What upsets me the most isn't that these scumbags are scumbags,
it's the utter, drooling, pig-ignorant STUPIDITY of their
scumbaggery.


Question re: IRONY:
Didn't the Supreme Court case which established that
"Ignorance of the Law is not a Defense" originate
in Texas?

"Your ways are strange and scary to me. "