Wall Street Journal editorial on Hood and Scruggs

I thought this WSJ editorial headlined "Mississippi Hoods", on AG Jim Hood and his "confidential informant" Dickie Scruggs, did a very nice job of capturing the flavor of the Mess in Mississippi. From the Rigsby sisters' data dump, to Hood and Scruggs tag-teaming State Farm, to Judge William Acker coming after Scruggs with a battleaxe, to State Farm trying to pin Hood's hide to the barn wall, it's been quite a show. An aside -- if you know who the late Jeff MacNelly was, political cartoonist, among his finest work is a classic that satirized some trouble Jimmy Carter had as president when he fired a U.S. Attorney in Philadelphia, the guy's name was Marston, and Marston fought back, went to the press, made a big stink, created a lot of pain for Carter. S