then fell on me, and apparently, unmindful of my background as one who faced as a college student, bear bryant as a civil rights lawyer, george wallace as a state senator, "birmingham news" embarked on a series of articles, editorials and op-eds on why i should disof why myself from the case. mr. siegelman and i were old political cronies from my days in the senate, said the news. my daughter's law firm was hired by then governor siegelman to represent him in the case that was filed at least eight years before he became governor, a job discrimination case against the state. i was prejudiced against the government because my sister had been prosecuted in the central district of california on some fraud charges. ten years earlier. i found the characterization of the government of my relationship with mr. siegelman rather interesting because when i was in the then all democratic alabama state senate, mr. siegelman was in one section of the democratic party, i was in another. in fact, his faction was the one that supported another lawyer for the judgeship that i ultimately got. within my first thr