Alaskan Court Has Spoken

The Alaskan Supreme Court made it's ruling today in the Troopergate investigation. In a short 2 page ruling they had this to say to the 6 Appellants :

IT IS ORDERED: The order of the superior court issued on October 2, 2008 granting the Motion to Dismiss is AFFIRMED. An opinion will follow.

Entered at the direction of the full court.

Excellent. Short and swift. This upheld a lower court ruling that stated that McCain and crew couldn't block the investigation and that it is lawful. I get the feeling they don't like those Texas lawyers the McCain team sent in to mess with their political system. Say what you want about Alaska producing the likes of Sarah Palin, but they are proud and independent and not about to take any guff from outsiders.

From the Anchorage Daily News:

The Alaska Supreme Court today rejected an attempt by a group of six Republican legislators to shut down the Legislature's investigation of Gov. Sarah Palin.

The ruling means that Steve Branchflower, the investigator hired by the Legislative Council, will release his report as scheduled on Friday. Branchflower is looking into Palin's dismissal of her public safety commissioner, Walt Monegan, and whether she improperly pressured him to fire a state trooper divorced from her sister.

The state Supreme Court rejected an appeal by Texas-based Liberty Legal Institute and Anchorage attorney Kevin Clarkson, who filed the lawsuit on behalf of the Alaska Republican state legislators opposed to their colleagues' investigation.

Branchflower's report is due out tomorrow. Maybe that's why the McCain campaign has been flinging so much poo in recent days. I'm sure they're not happy with this development. Tough.

Some of Todd Palin's responses to the subpoena he received have already been released. Basically he's trying to take all the blame for firing the trooper saying Sarah didn't know what he was up to. Well, that's just so much horse puckey because it was Sarah that had him fired, not Todd. Todd has no elected power in the Governor's office. Gee, maybe Sarah shouldn't have been cc'ing Alaska government business to old Todd.

Stay tuned for tomorrow's Friday news dump.