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Karl Rove & Company's successful lawsuit against Dick Thornburgh is described in each man's Wikipedia article. Each description mentions that the judge, Sam Sparks, was an appointee of George H. W. Bush in a way that hints at impropriety. Alas, Times v Sullivan may have vitiated the judge's remedies under libel law.

The facts in the account may be, strictly speaking, true. But the facts are arranged in a way to imply wrongdoing. Even though neither article explicitly charges any wrongdoing, don't they, in effect, make an unsubstantiated charge of misbehavior against a living person?

Is this necessary, absent some evidence of malfeasance?

Mr Rove seems to be especially unpopular, but doesn't this language represent an unwarranted slur against Judge Sparks?

Cheers, --AndersW (talk) 08:45, 16 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

A temporary subpage at User:Polbot/fjc/Sam Sparks was automatically created by a perl script, based on this article at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges. The subpage should either be merged into this article, or moved and disambiguated. Polbot (talk) 21:20, 5 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No reference to Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs? 'FLaRN'(talk) 05:13, 3 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I have twice taken out some material inserted by 71.38.196.110, regarding a controversial case where a gun dealer was sentenced for selling a gun to an undocumented immigrant.. The subject matter may be suitable for including in the article, but it needs to be done in a way that is appropriate for an encyclopedia. First and foremost, the information has to have a reliable source. The article you have inserted never mentions the judge by name, and in fact the article clearly says that the man was convicted by a jury. What is Judge Sparks role in this story? If you have a good source that clearly articulates a controversy about Sam Sparks, I would be happy to help you integrate it into the page in a way that doesn't violate WP:NPOV, WP:BLP, or WP:COPYVIO. Please feel free to leave a message for me here or on my talk page.Tarastar42 (talk) 08:02, 21 September 2010 (UTC)Tarastar42[reply]

yes, he was convicted by a jury trial that was heard before judge sam sparks. so here is a link to another news story that does mention the judge by name. will you insert the link? http://www.590klbj.com/News/Story.aspx?ID=1272077 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.59.99.66 (talk) 12:13, 21 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]