Law & Order in Alaska.

There are two very important legal cases concerning Alaska issues being held both here in Anchorage and in Washington.

In Washington Ted Steven's defence team fails to get the mistrial that they asked for (Nice try boys), but the prosecution did manage to piss off the judge. (Way to go morons!) Apparently the problem was that the prosecution sent a potential witness home to Alaska before he had a chance to testify.

But for the prosecution, winning this case may as simple as just putting Ted Stevens on the stand and letting his famous temper do their work for them. As hinted at by this portion of the news article:

A short time later, Stevens looked visibly angry during the last bit of housekeeping for the day. With the jury gone, prosecutors announced that Allen would probably begin testifying this afternoon.

Just don't bring up the "intertubes" that just sends Stevens off of the deep end.

In Anchorage we see the Palin team working hard to stop the "Troopergate" investigation from going forward. There are actually two separate lawsuits that have been filed. One filed by five Alaskan Republicans and the other filed by Alaska Attorney General Talis Coldberg (hiss! boo!).

To save time and resources the courts have decided to combine the two:

A Superior Court judge on Monday combined the case with a similar lawsuit filed by the attorney general. Both suits argue the legislature doesn't have the authority to investigate Palin.

It appears however that this case may seem radioactive to many in the legal community as we have already had a number of judges bow out for various reasons:

Judge Stephanie Joannides had been scheduled to hear the case filed by Republicans Mike Kelly, Wes Keller, Bob Lynn, Fred Dyson and Tom Wagoner. ( I need to research these guys a little more.)

She told both sides she knows a state employee linked to the investigation as well as French's wife, a real estate agent who once showed Joannides some property, French said.

The Republican legislators asked for a different judge. They got one, but he soon recused himself, lawyers said.

The case is now scheduled to be heard by Judge Peter Michalski.

Well I have actually appeared before Judge Michalski a few times for my job, and I have found him to be quite fair and intelligent. So I think this case is in good hands. In other words it will be dismissed. That is my prediction.