I think as a lawyer, that man should realize the legal precedent that defense would set would directly lead to about two million appeals all over the country. Everyone in prison on racketeering, extortion, blackmail, criminal threats...

Bad_ad85: kingoomieiii: I think as a lawyer, that man should realize the legal precedent that defense would set would directly lead to about two million appeals all over the country. Everyone in prison on racketeering, extortion, blackmail, criminal threats...

Then he'd have an ARMY OF MINIONS!

You know, I've always wondered where evil geniuses get their armies.

Turns out they just need a good lawyer.

You can plot crimes all you want. You should start now.

This is what we call a "Hail Mary" or "complete bullshiat" in the legal profession. I understand making the best argument you can for your client but this is approaching sanctionable conduct.

psychicmachinery

Blago would fark his mother's corpse on pay-per-view if it would keep him out of jail. None of his grandstanding surprises me.

I thought that was already a reality TV show.

If When Blago is eventually convicted, that would mean 4 of Illinois' last 8 governors served jail time for political corruption.

Woo! Batting .500!

j0ndas: If they were legal wiretaps, forget it. Why would he want to hide the content of his phone calls anyway if he's not a criminal?

Because those phone calls are farking golden, and he's not going to let you listen to them for farking nothing.

farkingatwork: I still don't get how or why a lawyer can attempt to rationalize this as not being a breech of ethics to support. Aren't all lawyers required to state that they will uphold ethics when admitted via the bar?

"hey, this is evidence that was lawfully obtained. let's fight against it saying that it's unconstitutional".

Yes, we all take an oath to follow ethics and to uphold the federal consitution and our respective state constitutions (and I take my oath seriously). Generally, attorneys can make losing arguments due under a good faith basis, but obviously there are exceptions when the argument is frivolous or a gross misstatement of the law. In this case, it might not be worthy of disbarrment or suspension, but these attorneys might be facing some fines in the near future.

psychicmachinery:

Blago would fark his mother's corpse on pay-per-view if it would keep him out of jail.

You may have hit his one soft spot. He's an absolute and notorious mama's boy, and would never do a thing to sully her sainted corpse. (Check out the old Chicago Magazine profile, "Governor Sunshine". It's fairly stunning.)

Eapoe6:

After the bailout, Blagojevich threatened to pull 2 billion of the state of Illinois' money out of Bank Of America, because the bank was not making loans to small businesses. The next day, Blago is in cuffs.

As someone who actually lived in Illinois for his first term and who was actively involved in public life sufficiently to get word when the FBI set up shop and began working to find something, anything to use to stop him, I can assure you that whatever conspiracy theory you're trying to get at there is utter nonsense. The senate seat was to Rod Blagojevich what tax returns were to Al Capone.

Blagojevich made dramatic populist promises every single day, most of which he had neither the authority nor the inclination to deliver, in a deliberate effort to distract and retain the admiration of morons. By the end, even that had stopped working, and any "threat" made to Bank of America had nothing to do with helping small businesses in Illinois: it had to do with those that made large contributions to the Blagojevich campaign and expected him to use public policy to extort big cash prizes for them, as he had throughout his entire time in office.

If anyone here wants to drink some Kool-Aid that badly, at least have the sense not to buy it from Blago.

Jubeebee:

Because those phone calls are farking golden, and he's not going to let you listen to them for farking nothing.

+1.

This is Fartbozos Bad Hair Day.

japlemon LAWYERS! The fox is skullfarking every hen in the henhouse at this point

Sorry, some of us foxes are fighting the skullfarking foxes.

How in the hell did someone who looks that goddamn goofy get elected in the first place?

seriously!