The Northern Review

There are flood warnings for the entire length of the Mississippi River making up the western boundary of Mississippi. National Weather Service.
What does this have to do with the Scruggs Matter. I am not sure, but I think the flooding in Mississippi, and the hurricanes, have something to do with making the character of the [...]

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Over the past three months I have been reading the main blogs which address the Scruggs Matter. Every one of the them is against Dick Scruggs, Zach Scruggs and Sidney Backstrom. Also, those who comment at these blogs predominently share in the theme of the blog.
One would have thought there would be more balance and [...]

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The power of government in the Scruggs Litigation is now left with one target, one alleged wrongdoer, Zach Scruggs. He is the youngest, least experienced, least responsible for anything in this trouble. He is a person who, at his age, was still in the thrall of older people. The forces of government are [...]

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Let us hope the Scruggs Case is still on with Zach Scruggs taking the lead. It is apparent Dick Scruggs had to plead as he did in order to give his son, Zach, a chance at proving his innocence. Zach Scruggs did not stand a chance with his case being combined with that [...]

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Wikiscruggs is now a public wiki. I have created another wiki which is limited. To get to the public wiki to read or participate go to http://www.wikiscruggs.com/. The limited wiki can be found at www.wikiscruggs.com/wiki.

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The evidence in this case shows us that Dick Scruggs is a man of character. He got caught up in some wrongdoing and he is going to take a good bit of punishment for it. But I think we will see there is real character to the man.
I have known some people who [...]

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It seems clear the judicial culture in Mississippi commonly accepted the cultural phenomenon of earwigging. To earwig a judge means to talk privately with a judge about common things between the judge and the talker, to influence, to get a judge to go the way of the earwigger.
Earwigging is lobbying. It is similar to the [...]

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When you think about it, it is hard to believe a lawyer with the savy of Dick Scruggs would have believed earwigging in Mississippi was “that wrong”, that uncommon, or that a sitting state judge and the federal government would use the practice to lead a broken down, out of control lawyer, Tim Balducci, into [...]

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In a way, the story of the Scruggs Litigation is just beginning.
What might we see unfold if we watch closely? The care of a man for his son and his law partner, the stupidity of Tim Balducci, the arrogance of Joey Langston, the hunger of a Circuit Court Judge to bring his friend to ruin [...]

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In an earlier post I fantasized Eliot Spitzer may have been set up. Oops. $80,000 is a lot to pay for the pleasures of the flesh. Even for the flesh of one as comely as “she who serviced #9.”
Such an amount (investment in destruction) leads me to the (humble conclusion) big people with evil in [...]

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