Mike Bolin justice gets most of the funds by a handful of Cap

Published: Monday, October 25 2010 6 H.

From mid-April to the middle of September, Supreme Court of Alabama Mike Bolin raised $582,380 for his re-election campaign, with donations from 80 different sources, according to its latest campaign finance reports.

Is strongly, however, on a small number of this cap total.Quatre political action committees there $501,000, accounting 86 per cent of its journey.

Several fundraising reports are due this week of candidates for the general election of November 2.

Legal and political analysts have long expressed concern donations of high-dollar fuel the perception that a small number of interests powerful most important judicial control of Alabama.

The Supreme Court of Alabama has the last word on all questions of law and determines if prize of the jury in civil cases and verdicts will pursue or be sent to further tests.

"When the judicial candidates get large sums of money from a source - I don't care what it is, counsel for trial, company - he began to create a look and I insist on appearance, that justice is purchased," said Jess Brown, Professor of political science at the University of Athens Athens State.

Bolin repeatedly, a Republican who seek a second term in six years against Democrat Tom Edwards, rejected the notion of any link between its decisions and campaign contributions.

"Justice Bolin keep score of who wins or perd.Il keep track of which lawyers are in a case."There fair rules on law, "said campaign spokesman Scott Stone." ""Justice Bolin, likes to say, has no friends in the courtroom.?

Campaign last two finance reports Bolin shows three gifts of Commission reform of civil justice Alabama totaling $250,000.The Group was inspired in large part to a list of donors consisting of Cap representing companies insurance, builders and other entreprises.Progrès CAP, which is affiliated to the Board of company of Alabama, chipped in $200,000.

Brown said that he believed that controls with long strings of zeros can make an impact, even on a judge. ""It's human nature if you wear dresses or black", he said.

Edwards, former President of the association of trial counsel for the Crown, made campaign finance a crusade personnelle.Il developed a dedicated Web site in part to the topic.

Collected Bolin has raised almost as much a single cheque of $125,000 progress may 25 as Edwards Cap-$_126,572 - during the campaign.

Edwards is not without its big-dollar contributions .PAC Alabama, A-VOTE Education Association, he gave $ 25,000 to the State Democratic Party kicked in $29, 500.Cunningham Bounds, a law firm mobile well known generally represents the plaintiffs in civil litigation, has contributed $ 10,000, and the AFL-CIO Alabama chipped in $4,000.

Edwards, who leads a solo practice of Montgomery, lists donations from a number of law firms in the State acknowledges that it has received funds interest spécial.Par numbers, he was known to $58,000 overall state of the Democratic Party.

But Edwards believes could be exceeded those / 10-to-1.

"I am concerned about the amount of money," he said.

Another Democrat running of the High Court, Rhonda Chambers, followed a path of fundraiser similar, even if it has received more money than Edwards-$_192,169 - in his race against Republican Kelli Wise.

Wise, judge of the Court of criminal appeal, Alabama has collected $53,760 this year, according to the most recent reports.

Earlier:

Paying for his campaign, Justice Tom Parker, the darling of former Chief Justice Roy Moore and social conservatives turned into action committees political ties with the Democrats and the interests of game, a review of his financial reports shows.

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