Check out Firedoglake's post Libby Hearing Today, More Motions for the skinny on Libby's latest attempts to convince the courts to drop all charges against him.
The grounds? Patrick Fitzgerald was not appointed by the President or approved by the Senate.
Ain't it great? When the ruling class acts in its own behalf, the attitude is, "laws schmaws--doesn't apply to us." But when they get caught, suddenly they can't scrutinize every scintilla of the law carefully enough in their frantic efforts to defend themselves from breaking the law in the first place.
Ain't America grand?
Photo credit: Lewis 'Scooter' Libby, former aide to Vice President Dick Cheney, leaves the federal courthouse in Washington February 24, 2006. Lawyers for Libby, who faces perjury charges, asked a judge on Thursday to throw out the case on the grounds that the prosecutor was appointed improperly. (REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque)
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