[Earle] would have been much better off if he did it that way rather than dismiss it, ... It would have destroyed (Hutchison) for the moment anyway. |
At no time did the Texas Association of Business endorse any candidate, make any political contribution or campaign expenditure. |
Garza told him he had collected some money from different people and brought it to him. He had no reason not to believe him. |
He was asked to meet those guys. They ate supper and these guys started lecturing Craddick how badly nursing homes needed tort reform, |
He was asked to meet those guys. They ate supper and these guys started lecturing Craddick how badly nursing homes needed tort reform. |
I don't know what was on his mind, but he wasn't thinking, |
I've never felt that he was making a decision ... based on his personal feelings of the defendant, |
Ronnie does not think as a trial lawyer. He thinks in right and wrong as he sees the right and the wrong. You ask him, 'Is that against the law?' and he'll say, 'It's wrong.' |
That's an unkind way of saying it. But the answer is yes. |
The indictments completely ignore the First Amendment that, according to the United States Supreme Court, gives individuals and their businesses the absolute right to inform the public of the conduct of our elected officials and the conduct of candidates for public office, including their public statements and their voting record. |
The indictments leave out all the federal law that there is as to the constitutional right of any business to inform the public concerning the voting record or any conduct on the part of candidates for office, ... That is not something that can be regulated by the state through its election code. |