First there was the group “Lawyers for Bruno” and now there is a Web site called “Justice for Joe Bruno.”
It’s unclear who is behind the site, and of course it’s pro-Bruno, but attorney Lora Como, who used to work for the Senate, writes one of the more poignant entries, actually one of the only entries.
She trashes the “theft of honest services” charge, which is the only real charge Bruno has lodged against him though there is a ton of innuendo that he used his position as Senate majority leader to line his pockets.
Como cites a dissenting opinion by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, who wrote that it is way too broad and could apply to any legislator who votes on a bill just to help him or her get re-elected. Nobody in Albany would do that now would they?
Como goes on to quote Scalia: “Indeed it would seemingly cover a salaried employee’s phoning in sick to go to a ball game.” Which is along the same lines we’ve written here before. We’re a tad hurt she didn’t cite Talespin in her legal analysis but, regrettably, we just don’t carry the same weight as a justice of the Supreme Court.
Como goes on to say the case may eventually end up in front of Scalia and the rest of the justices.
Obviously Bruno, who recently turned 80, hasn’t lost the fight in his belly and he may take this one all the way to the highest court in the land.