To give you an idea of how badly the deck is stacked in Republican favor in Arkansas, you can read the description of what happened in adoption court:

“And at the hearing, the ad litem attorney — you know, the one who is representing only the interests of the children — said, ‘When we met less than a couple of days ago, everyone’s recommendation was for these kids to not go to this home. Now, what has happened in the last 24 hours that everyone’s recommendation has changed?’”

“Harris’ face was getting all red,” Cheryl said. “And the ad litem asked him, ‘Did you make calls?’ And he finally said, ‘I did what I had to do to get these girls.’ I expected the judge would [stop the adoption] but she gave them the oldest girl.” The younger two soon followed.

This is a Republican lawmaker who admits in full view of the court that he abused the influence of his office to game the system…and the judge did nothing but give him exactly what he wanted.