tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post7423799113988294618..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: CCA backs off changes to attorney-client privilege ruleGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-83744811581146998332008-06-25T12:56:00.000-05:002008-06-25T12:56:00.000-05:00Michael, you are right about the comments on the H...Michael, you are right about the comments on the Houston Chronicle website. It is more like a pack of dogs or a lynch mob. If I practiced in Houston, I would definitely voir dire on whether any of the veniremen read the Chronicle online.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-27104705453754164912008-06-25T09:21:00.000-05:002008-06-25T09:21:00.000-05:00I was suspicious of the court's motives and the re...I was suspicious of the court's motives and the real impact of the change, so I'm glad they're seeking greater consensus before pushing this through.<BR/><BR/>However on behalf of Grits readers let's extend MANY, many kudos to Judge Cochran for coming onto this blog to explain her position, and to Grits for facilitating the debate. A similar discussion wouldn't and possibly even couldn't have occurred a decade ago, which is pretty darn cool when you think about it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-22216411098470584742008-06-25T08:16:00.000-05:002008-06-25T08:16:00.000-05:00BTW, 7:09, I missed the story too, fwiw. I actuall...BTW, 7:09, I missed the story too, fwiw. I actually saw the new language on their website several weeks before, didn't understand what it meant or did, and didn't follow up. Robert Guest deserves credit for sounding the alarm, and Mark Bennett for breaking the story.<BR/><BR/>The reason I began with the media critique in the post wasn't (at all) aimed at MAR, but at the half-dozen or so court-beat reporters at Texas newspapers whom I emailed trying to get them to cover it. One even replied after I sent her several links asking to be taken off any "auto-list"! Elizabeth Allen wrote about it on her blog, but the story didn't make it into the daily.<BR/><BR/>Robbins was the first MSM journalist to cover this, and she did a good job. I just don't understand why others who knew about the story (and weren't on a weekly timeline) didn't jump on it?Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-39936715611399723792008-06-25T07:32:00.000-05:002008-06-25T07:32:00.000-05:00It's amazing to read the citizen commentators at t...It's amazing to read the citizen commentators at the Houston Chronicle website go nuts whenever a big conviction gets flipped or a death row inmate gets a reprieve. Howls about the "liberal courts" are so far from reality, it's impossible to ignore the impact the radical right's anti-justice propaganda has had. I'm sure these citizens would be gratified to know that these days, a conviction is much more likely to be upheld than reversed on a technicality!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-54614342169524124752008-06-25T07:21:00.000-05:002008-06-25T07:21:00.000-05:00Weeklies vs. Blogs? Please! The rule was submitted...Weeklies vs. Blogs? Please! The rule was submitted to the Texas Register in March and nobody but Guest and Bennett covered it. MAR is a good reporter, but she missed the story on this one.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-59857253250676313882008-06-25T07:17:00.000-05:002008-06-25T07:17:00.000-05:00We can debate weeklies vs. blogs. The game was ove...We can debate weeklies vs. blogs. The game was over, but someone needs to write the story. That is true even when most already know the score.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-77105421554578232872008-06-25T07:10:00.000-05:002008-06-25T07:10:00.000-05:00I agree, she was just late to the game on this one...I agree, she was just late to the game on this one.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-2463357371192912522008-06-25T07:09:00.000-05:002008-06-25T07:09:00.000-05:00Dead tree or not, MAR is a good reporter.Dead tree or not, MAR is a good reporter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com