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Sentencing of Tom DeLay a warning for new GOP leaders

By Brandy Ringer

Bob Edgar [President and CEO, Common Cause]: "The fall of former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay is a well-timed warning to the House's new GOP leaders — and Democrats too — about what can happen when lawmakers put themselves and their pursuit of power above the law. DeLay, once known in Washington as "The Hammer," was the Capitol's foremost practitioner of scorched-earth politics before scandals forced him into retirement in 2006. He continues to insist there was nothing improper about his involvement in a scheme to funnel corporate contributions to Republican candidates in his home state of Texas, where corporate campaign spending is illegal. Mr. DeLay argues that many people

Full post as published by JURIST - Hotline on January 13, 2011 (boomark / email).