Just a brief post again today, came back to Portland to a lot to do. Did you see this story by Anita Lee in the Sun Herald this morning? In a move calculated to give Jim Hood a run for the record for public self-beclownment, Zach Scruggs, like his father, is also fighting disbarment. Let's look at an excerpt:The Mississippi Bar argues the Scruggses can and should be disbarred as a result of their guilty pleas. Both admitted they entered the pleas because they are, in fact, guilty.Michael Martz of Brandon, an attorney representing both Scruggses in the disbarment proceedings, previously served as attorney for the Mississippi Bar.Asked why the Scruggses have filed the motions objecting to disbarment, he said, "We want the bar and the court to follow the law."
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