tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post3053395565263477192..comments2024-03-28T19:00:12.726-05:00Comments on Jackson Jambalaya: Wooten Tries to Shut Everyone UpKingfishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06184990110961727404noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-46946337813623202072022-08-04T18:27:14.012-05:002022-08-04T18:27:14.012-05:004:55. Hitting "LIKE" button with vigor.4:55. Hitting "LIKE" button with vigor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-10692649343974266602022-08-04T16:55:04.845-05:002022-08-04T16:55:04.845-05:00Oh, yes. This is the JJ comment board I love and h...Oh, yes. This is the JJ comment board I love and hold dear. As a reminder, this comment board is filled with the brightest, most knowledgeable, intellectually stimulating, thought-provoking, Google masters the inter-webs has ever assembled in one blog. As always, I tip my hat to the masters. The drunk barristernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-37523634248453035592022-08-04T12:53:12.119-05:002022-08-04T12:53:12.119-05:009:40, Thanks for the follow up comment. The attorn...9:40, Thanks for the follow up comment. The attorneys you cite appear to all stem from three different corruption scandals; the judges stem from two, which involved some of the same individuals.<br /><br />The underlying problem in those cases seems to be one of character (as in the character of criminals), and the players were prosecuted in criminal proceedings.<br /><br />On a different note, I believe, as KF has pointed out in the past, that appellate jurists retiring before their terms expire, for the purpose of allowing the governor to fill the seats by appointment, is an undemocratic process that needs to stop.<br /><br />-12:56/10:58Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-6860797801299051272022-08-04T09:40:14.870-05:002022-08-04T09:40:14.870-05:00"Maybe you can enlighten us dim bulbs and exp..."Maybe you can enlighten us dim bulbs and explain the factual basis of your opinions..."<br /><br />I'm not going to string cite 100s of examples, but as some highlights:<br /><br />Lawyers:<br /><br />Walter Nixon (also in the judge category), Bobby DeLaughter, Ed Peters, Tim Balducci, Steve Patterson, Zach Scruggs (with a partial pardon for being young and stupid, plus seemingly turning his life around), Carlos Moore, Jon Seawright and others not yet public, etc., etc., etc.<br /><br />Judges:<br /><br />Again, Walter Nixon, but also, pick any 500 MSSC/COA opinions in the last 20 years and if at least 200 aren't evidence enough for you that both the lower courts and the appellate courts are...lacking in legal scholarship...turn in your bar card. Also, note the number of pro hac co-counsels. Hell, the Willie Manning debacle (criminal) and the Eaton Corp-Frisby Aerospace (civil) clusterfuck provide a fair amount of evidence in just two piles. To be clear, I am not saying ALL current or recent lower and appellate court judges are...less than bright legal lights, just waaaay too many of them.<br /><br />Again, there are a few excellent and learned judges who came from the small pool of excellent and learned lawyers, but any MS lawyer who claims the state's bench and bar are an unfettered source of professional pride is part of the problem. The likelihood of, for example, a modern Virgil Griffith or Karl Wiesenburg (who came from NYC to MS!) not only being produced by a MS law school, but once so produced, remaining in MS is very small and shrinking by the year. It's a shame that need not be.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-36343462782258418872022-08-03T22:58:57.318-05:002022-08-03T22:58:57.318-05:001:59, To answer your question, I am a practicing M...1:59, To answer your question, I am a practicing Mississippi attorney. But I'm sure someone with your clearly-superior intellect already knew that, since I wrote above that "I've practiced against some blue-chip law school graduates . . . "<br /><br />I also presume you must know the difference between facts and opinions. Maybe you can enlighten us dim bulbs and explain the factual basis of your opinions, and perhaps your qualifications for rendering them.<br /><br />Citations would be appreciated. Not that the opinions of a mental giant such as yourself need verification, but please provide them anyway, just for grins.<br /><br />Thanks in advance. -12:56Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-76858420369440647462022-08-03T14:40:43.036-05:002022-08-03T14:40:43.036-05:00Therese Apel is a great journalist. It was a big l...Therese Apel is a great journalist. It was a big loss to WLBT when she left. Her articles are facts without editorializing as we have become accustomed to these days. I wish Darkhorse Press well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-86893766683009085162022-08-03T13:59:38.629-05:002022-08-03T13:59:38.629-05:0012:56PM wrote, "7:35 a.m., I seriously doubt ...12:56PM wrote, "7:35 a.m., I seriously doubt you are as smart as you seem to think you are, nor the rest of us as dumb."<br /><br />So are you a MS lawyer, judge, or both?<br /><br />To be fair, there are very smart and very learned MS lawyers and judges today and throughout MS legal history. Unfortunately, not nearly as many today as there could or should be and the number is shrinking. Plus there is an atypical number of, er, lesser legal minds and that number is growing. One cause is that like many other professions, Mississippi doesn't produce a lot of bright legal lights "in-house" and many of that few leave for brighter futures elsewhere. Those are just the facts as they exist.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-62554165443545432602022-08-03T13:11:41.809-05:002022-08-03T13:11:41.809-05:0011:20 -- do you have a link to the debate or can i...11:20 -- do you have a link to the debate or can it be found easily?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-44149944433087985032022-08-03T12:56:53.038-05:002022-08-03T12:56:53.038-05:006:38 p.m., Education credentials are great for get...6:38 p.m., Education credentials are great for getting that first job out of law school, and some continue to be impressed by that. After that first job, in reality, it comes down to experience and continued willingness to learn.<br /><br />I've practiced against some blue-chip law school graduates who seemed to stop learning after they passed the bar. Several years out, the ones I'm thinking about were basically incompetent in practice.<br /><br />7:35 a.m., I seriously doubt you are as smart as you seem to think you are, nor the rest of us as dumb. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-38108400047283029342022-08-03T09:30:42.189-05:002022-08-03T09:30:42.189-05:00@8:58
Treated like garbage for $25 an hour or trea...@8:58<br />Treated like garbage for $25 an hour or treated like garbage for $250 an hour? Not a tough decision!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-47593547999172321052022-08-03T09:00:57.057-05:002022-08-03T09:00:57.057-05:0011:20. Nice try. There was no "television deb...11:20. Nice try. There was no "television debate".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-29384365598778536582022-08-03T08:58:42.462-05:002022-08-03T08:58:42.462-05:00Not very smart is putting it nicely. And then the...Not very smart is putting it nicely. And then there's the fact she has the same chip on her shoulder as did Pat Wise making her treat everyone badly. And the fact she is nuts. Anyone who thinks they want a career in law should sit in her courtroom for an hour. Do you really want to be treated like garbage by an idiot?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-66113796868868271592022-08-03T08:24:17.175-05:002022-08-03T08:24:17.175-05:00When logic, skill set, and qualifications are no l...When logic, skill set, and qualifications are no longer the metrics used to create leaders this is what you get.<br /><br />Many of us saw this coming but the woke train is unstoppable.<br /><br />There is no doubt that Affirmative Action laws were needed, but common sense left the chat years ago and was replaced with reparations by hiring and electing incompetent, unqualified minorities.<br /><br />Just imagine how many Wooten-doctors you'll get to meet in your lifetime. <br />We will all pay for the virtue signaling lunacy sooner or later.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-90990967416976305632022-08-03T07:59:52.510-05:002022-08-03T07:59:52.510-05:00@6:48 she cant ride around being a cop hanger on a...@6:48 she cant ride around being a cop hanger on at night and claim to be impartial by dayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-30206841644791231712022-08-03T07:50:50.751-05:002022-08-03T07:50:50.751-05:00I have appeared in Wooten’s court. The fact that s...I have appeared in Wooten’s court. The fact that she is black is not an issue. Simply put, she is not very smart.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-38721812977444593202022-08-03T07:35:39.334-05:002022-08-03T07:35:39.334-05:00She is certainly black, but that won't be a wi...She is certainly black, but that won't be a winning argument assuming someone wants to tee this order up. She is a Mississippi lawyer-turned-judge so I'll accept that the odds of her being an idiot are higher than average. Again, that probably wouldn't be the best argument to make to the MSSC/COA for obvious reasons...most of them wouldn't understand it.<br /><br />That out of the way, has anyone with standing to challenge the order done so formally or even merely complained of it informally? If the order is accurate, neither the prosecution nor (most importantly) the defendant objected to it contemporaneously. Thus far it appears from the cheap seats that she hasn't barred the press from covering public portions of the trial. Unless the MSSC wants to wade into this sua sponte (but see above), until it is enforced against someone with standing to challenge it, it is of no effect or moment.<br /><br />For the non-lawyers, it'd be sort of like the judge ordering you not to put shaving cream in your coffee this morning: you weren't going to anyway so you don't care and I don't have a dog in the fight so I couldn't be a Karen and stick my nose in to complain to her or her supervisors about it in your place.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-8048866609548947862022-08-02T23:20:35.194-05:002022-08-02T23:20:35.194-05:00@6:38 no Wooten fan here, but Matt Allen lost not ...@6:38 no Wooten fan here, but Matt Allen lost not because he’s white. She obliterated him in a television debate. It was clear he was in over his head.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-2897259428986235312022-08-02T23:12:40.679-05:002022-08-02T23:12:40.679-05:00@6:28 putting it nicely would say TA is badge bun...@6:28 putting it nicely would say TA is badge bunnyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-83878245209851026692022-08-02T22:35:34.292-05:002022-08-02T22:35:34.292-05:00I never dealt with a “gag order,” but I don’t see ...I never dealt with a “gag order,” but I don’t see how she has jurisdiction over family members of parties.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-14703859941051947112022-08-02T22:25:23.009-05:002022-08-02T22:25:23.009-05:00I would think that any vigils, demonstrations or o...I would think that any vigils, demonstrations or other gatherings in support of or in opposition to any criminal defendant or other party to a trial occurring on courthouse grounds would be concerning to the court due to the possibility of influencing or intimidating jurors. If the vigil in this case was on courthouse grounds, I think the judge has valid concerns.<br />With respect to the gag order issue, the Supreme Court has issued some pretty specific restrictions on judges. Shouldn't be hard to find them. Shouldn't be hard to follow them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-59517373319391688862022-08-02T19:00:11.983-05:002022-08-02T19:00:11.983-05:00@6:28 PM - If KF is gagged he can VETO the gag ord...@6:28 PM - If KF is gagged he can VETO the gag order. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-76894860508803743272022-08-02T18:48:59.181-05:002022-08-02T18:48:59.181-05:00Therese Apel is one of the best and most impartial...Therese Apel is one of the best and most impartial investigative journalists within the State of Mississippi. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-10917445902343816292022-08-02T18:38:36.497-05:002022-08-02T18:38:36.497-05:004 years ago, because she is black, she defeated a ...4 years ago, because she is black, she defeated a white candidate that was a summa cum laude grad of MSU, SA President of MSU, MBA from Millsaps, University of Texas Law school graduate and Captain of the Moot Court, PHD in Criminal Justice from USM, Rhodes Scholarship finalist, partner in an old prestigious law firm, but carried the "kiss of death". He was WHITE.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-67093522168591916332022-08-02T18:28:58.611-05:002022-08-02T18:28:58.611-05:00Terese April is a law enforcement groupie putting ...Terese April is a law enforcement groupie putting it nicely. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-41882012444601343132022-08-02T18:28:56.100-05:002022-08-02T18:28:56.100-05:00Apel was at the trial every day until that whackjo...Apel was at the trial every day until that whackjob judge closed the courtroom illegally. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com