Larry Craig Seeks Wider Stance On Plea-Reversal From Appeals Court; Accuses Romney Of "Throwing Me Into Highway Rest-Stop Bathroom"

Oh wait, he accuses Romney of "throwing [him] under the bus." My bad.

Yeah, Romney's a bad, mean, calculating cat for cutting loose a dude he barely knows after he pleads guilt to peeping into a stall at someone on the crapper.

So, Larry Craig is going to continue fighting this on appeal. I still stand by my previous prediction -- a bit beaten up, but still operative -- that judges will ultimately err on his side, partly to make trouble for the GOP.

I wish that Minnesota had an official Certificate of Heterosexuality, because that seems to be what Craig really wants.

Okay, Maybe My Prediction Just Sucks: Iceman sends this link noting that the appeals court must find an "abuse of discretion" on the part of the lower court to reverse this sort of ruling.

"What's the likelihood of success? Even less likely of prevailing in the appeal than he had in prevailing before Porter," Steve Simon, a legal defense expert at the University of Minnesota Law School, said earlier this month.

The appeals court must find there's been an "abuse of discretion" by the trial judge before overturning a ruling—in other words, that some aspect of the ruling was decided improperly. Ron Meshbesher, a longtime Minneapolis defense attorney, said earlier this month that the standard for an abuse of discretion is vague but that such a ruling is fairly rare.

"It's not frequent, let's put it that way," Meshbesher said. "It certainly is a steep hill to climb."

posted by Ace at 04:06 PM

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