Comments on: SCOTUS: Fundamentals Of Justice

By: RevBev

RevBev — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 23:06:51 +0000

Good luck, Demi, and keep us up to date….I had been wondering about you.

By: oldgold

oldgold — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 22:54:55 +0000

When Lauer asked Grisham if the plot was “far-fetched,” Grisham replied, “It’s already happened. It happened a few years ago in West Virginia.

By: oldgold

oldgold — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 22:54:15 +0000

The prevailing culture was dramatically portrayed in John Grisham’s 2008 bestseller The Appeal. A multinational corporate tycoon manages to unseat an anti-business judge, with his handpicked candidate, so the Mississippi Supreme Court can overturn a $41 million dollar toxic waste judgment against his chemical company.

By: Christy Hardin Smith

Christy Hardin Smith — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:03:23 +0000

LOL I have difficulty with selective deafness — clearly I need to cultivate the skill. *g*

By: Christy Hardin Smith

Christy Hardin Smith — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:02:50 +0000

It was a Grisham book, and it was supposed to be loosely based on the Massey case, if I remember correctly what I read in an interview with Grisham about the book.

By: drouse

drouse — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:59:05 +0000

There is just a little bit of truth behind the truism that insanity is inherited, you get it fron your kids.

By: drouse

drouse — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:49:39 +0000

Yeah, it’s either that or go insane.

By: jayt

jayt — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:49:24 +0000

or in my case – Parent/Uncle Survival Skill….

By: jayt

jayt — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:45:12 +0000

Selective deafness.

a/k/a Parental Survival Skill. *g*

By: msmolly

msmolly — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:43:56 +0000

In the West Virginia case, one of the litigants, contributed $3,000,000

I am desperately trying to remember a book I read in the last year or two about a consortium that was formed to elect a judge who would rule in favor of a big commercial interest. It was Grisham or someone, I think, and I was struck by the parallel. I wonder if it is based on the Massey Coal case? I’m sure someone with a better memory than mine can remember the book. It was “fiction” but barely.