The Alaska Supreme Court today rejected an attempt by a group of six Republican legislators to shut down the Legislature's investigation of Gov. Sarah Palin.
The ruling means that Steve Branchflower, the investigator hired by the Legislative Council, will release his report as scheduled on Friday. Branchflower is looking into Palin's dismissal of her public safety commissioner, Walt Monegan, and whether she improperly pressured him to fire a state trooper divorced from her sister.
The state Supreme Court rejected an appeal by Texas-based Liberty Legal Institute and Anchorage attorney Kevin Clarkson, who filed the lawsuit on behalf of the Alaska Republican state legislators opposed to their colleagues' investigation.
The state legislators whose names appeared on the appeal attempting to stop the investigation are Wes Keller, Mike Kelly, Fred Dyson, Tom Wagoner, Carl Gatto and Bob Lynn.( These men just made it to the top of my list of legislators whose careers need to come to an end.)
Their lawyers argued that allowing the investigation to proceed would threaten the right under the Alaska Constitution to a "fair and just" investigation by the Legislature. They allege bias among the legislators who are leading the investigation, and that the Legislative Council lacks the authority to order the probe.
They have brought up lawyers from Texas to fight for them, used the resources of the John McCain campaign to insulate them, refused to respond to subpoenas, started their own investigation so that they could control the findings, and twice challenged the legitimate investigation in Alaska's courts, and still justice marches on in this great state!
I am beside myself with pride right now!
They thought they could come up to Alaska and step all over us like we were nothing, and we have stopped them at every turn!
The McCain campaign, the Republicans, and Sarah Palin, did not give Alaska enough credit and now they are finding out the hard way that this state makes you tough in ways they could never have imagined.
And tomorrow when the Branchflower report comes out we will all get to see the truth that they have tried so hard to hide from us.
Goddamn I love this place!
Thanks for sharing your Alaska with us.
ReplyDeleteVery good news....am really grateful for the excellent bloggers in the great state of Alaska!
ReplyDeleteI for one am looking forward to it...the McCain Plain compaign is a national embarassment, and I applaud you and other Alaskan bloggers who have helped expose Sarah Palin for the political backstabber she is.
ReplyDeleteYou are all very welcome.
ReplyDeleteI felt it was my duty, but it was also my pleasure.
All I can say is YOU ROCK!
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