Charles Norwood: “tonight is part three on the judges of Madison County, Illinois. As I promised last week, I am back on the floor tonight…”

“tonight is part three on the judges of Madison County, Illinois. As I promised last week, I am back on the floor tonight to talk about a place that has the dubious distinction of being America's number one ``judicial hellhole,'' Madison County, Illinois. Mr. Speaker, they do not give out awards like the number one ``judicial hellhole'' from the American Tort Reform Association to just anyone. No, sir, only a court that continually misapplies civil laws, regularly violates fundamental constitutional rights of defendants, and caters to the interests of opportunistic trial lawyers can get a recognition like that. Sadly, Mr. Speaker the Circuit Court of Madison County, Illinois, got this distinction the old-fashioned way; they earned it. Tonight, Mr. Speaker, I want to continue a story I started last week on one of the ways they earned this awful award by trashing someone's first amendment rights.”