Comments on: Geoffrey Fieger indicted http://overlawyered.com/2007/08/geoffrey-fieger-indicted/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=geoffrey-fieger-indicted Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Sun, 27 May 2012 05:00:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: P http://overlawyered.com/2007/08/geoffrey-fieger-indicted/comment-page-1/#comment-8743 P Mon, 27 Aug 2007 00:23:24 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=5261#comment-8743 "They made up a law!" Well, yeah, that's what they do...and once a law is made up you have to follow it until it is struck down or repealed, or be aware that you may risk facing some kind of consequences. I didn't go to law school but I know that much about it. “They made up a law!” Well, yeah, that’s what they do…and once a law is made up you have to follow it until it is struck down or repealed, or be aware that you may risk facing some kind of consequences. I didn’t go to law school but I know that much about it.

]]> By: PatW http://overlawyered.com/2007/08/geoffrey-fieger-indicted/comment-page-1/#comment-8742 PatW Sun, 26 Aug 2007 17:30:47 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=5261#comment-8742 <i>He didn't deny that he rewarded his law firm's employees for contributing to the Edwards campaign, but insisted that no federal statute prohibits that practice.</i> <i>"If reimbursement is a crime, then how could you give money to your wife, or your children, after they'd donated to a presidential campaign?" he asked rhetorically. "But nobody's ever been prosecuted successfully for that, because it's not a crime. They made up a law!"</i> Hmm, did he just admit that he gave money to other people so they would donate said money to a candidate? Isn't that exactly what he is charged with? Did he just confess? He didn’t deny that he rewarded his law firm’s employees for contributing to the Edwards campaign, but insisted that no federal statute prohibits that practice.

“If reimbursement is a crime, then how could you give money to your wife, or your children, after they’d donated to a presidential campaign?” he asked rhetorically. “But nobody’s ever been prosecuted successfully for that, because it’s not a crime. They made up a law!”

Hmm, did he just admit that he gave money to other people so they would donate said money to a candidate? Isn’t that exactly what he is charged with? Did he just confess?

]]> By: P http://overlawyered.com/2007/08/geoffrey-fieger-indicted/comment-page-1/#comment-8741 P Sun, 26 Aug 2007 12:14:42 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=5261#comment-8741 If you live in the Detroit Metropolitan Area, as I do, you've probably had enough of Feiger's smug, attention grabbing, grandstanding ass. I got a jury questionnaire recently and now my dream is to be seated in the box at his inquisition. Oh, that and hitting the $200-plus million Mega Millions lottery game. If you live in the Detroit Metropolitan Area, as I do, you’ve probably had enough of Feiger’s smug, attention grabbing, grandstanding ass.

I got a jury questionnaire recently and now my dream is to be seated in the box at his inquisition. Oh, that and hitting the $200-plus million Mega Millions lottery game.

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