Clayton Lamar "Lanny" Young Jr., a lobbyist and landfill developer described by acquaintances as a hard-drinking "good ole boy," who was a key witness for the feds in the political prosecution of former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman, has now been tied to U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions and federal judge William Pryor Jr. in a cover story by Time magazine.

Looks like Karl Rove's plan for a Republican takeover of American politics for a generation is unraveling fast, and sphincters must be tightening up in Washington, Montgomery and Atlanta today as this story reverberates.

The case of Don Siegelman, the Democratic former governor of Alabama who was convicted last year on corruption charges by a tainted jury, has become a flash point in the debate over the politicization of the Bush Justice Department, according to Time, which reports today that the House Judiciary Committee hearing on the Siegelman case could start as early as October 11.

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Transcripts of Young's statements to the FBI have been obtained by Time and will no doubt add fuel to charges that the Bush Administration pursued selective justice in Alabama.

The fact that no charges were ever looked at related to Young's illegal support of Sessions, Pryor and other Republicans will only heighten suspicions that the Siegelman prosecution was a case of selective justice, and adds proof that in the Bush Administration, enforcing the law has been a partisan pursuit all along.

Time: Selective Justice in Alabama?

Also, this must be one of the worst days of his life for little Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions. The conservative Wall Street Journal has a story today showing how corrupt Sessions is when it comes to writing legislation for the banking industry, which not only supports his political campaigns and his drive for "tort reform," but an industry from which he and his family derive direct financal benefits.

There's no way his hardcore right-wing supporters can blame this on the "liberal press."

Bank Bill's Senate Champion Sessions Has Ties to Industry