BAD DAY FOR GEORGE McCLURE I: Yesterday's Supreme Court Decision in Caperton v. A.T. Massey Coal. Co. and County Commission

Yesterday's Supreme Court decision in Caperton v. A.T. Massey Coal Co. (more) was a game-changer. Pity GEORGE McCLURE and the once-formidable forces who pressure courthouses, city commissioners, county commissioners and other offices with big-spending campaign contributions.

From this day forward, citizens will not only ask bought-and-paid for judges to recuse themselves (a prospect unnerving to the bought-and-paid-for judge community).

I reckon that citizens will also ask bought-and-paid-for Sheriffs and County Commissioners and Congressmen to recuse themselves, as when someone raises $250,000 for a little 'ole County Commission seat or Sheriff's job.

But Justice Antonin Scalia said yesterday's decision would promote disrespect for the law. And there was generally a-wailin' and a gnashin' of teeth in the bought-and-paid-for judge and politician community.

St. Augustine developer shill-lawyer GEORGE McCLURE now has two reasons to cry in his champagne - one supplied by SCOTUS and one supplied by COSA. (That's Supreme Court of the United States and City of St. Augustine to you, GEORGE.)

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