Huckabee Aide Pressured Judges, Attorney Says

An Arkansas attorney alleges that a top aide to ex-governor and presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee pressured judges to rule against injured workers and played a role in the firings of three judges who say they were removed for favoring claimants over business. Attorney Rick Spencer raised influence-peddling allegations against Huckabee's administration and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. in a workers' compensation case that he lost last month. Court documents in Long v. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. charge that Huckabee's chief of staff and his liaison to the Arkansas Workers' Compensation Commission (AWCC) r...