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[lithera]

Damn it Ashcroft.

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[seanb.livejournal.com]

Figures. I doubt any new arguments will be raised in this mess.

[lithera.livejournal.com]

Likely not, but it still annoys me.

[grymor.livejournal.com]

As long as Oregon wins, this is a good thing. The further it gets pushed up the ladder, the better for everyone (as long as it doesn't get overturned). The more Ashcroft pisses of the variouse justices, the better, and the more precedents he gets set against him he better.

[gamethyme.livejournal.com]

The problem with that perspective is that the Supreme Court right now is still primarily justices placed there by Reagan. Meaning Conservative Justices.

So Ashcroft isn't pissing off the Justice System. If he keeps at it, the High Court is likely to be more sympathetic to his case than many of the lower courts.

[lithera.livejournal.com]

Well, Ashcroft has managed to step on the toes of many circuit court judges already. He might not have angered and Supreme Court justices, but everything has it's effect.

you think that's bad...

[stef2dope.livejournal.com]

Wait till you see John Ashcroft and other government agencies go after California, as California governer Grey Davis just passed a bill making it legal for unlimited stem-cell research which goes against Bush's limited stem-cells he sanctioned early on. So within the next week or so expect to hear something simliar from the government. Here I thought we were a government for the people by the people all this time but once again I've been proven wrong.

[gamethyme.livejournal.com]

The question is, then, how many of the circuit court judges are from the Clinton Years?

They have (IIRC) a significantly higher turnover than the Supreme Court.

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[lithera.livejournal.com]

I'm honestly not sure. They tend to represent the areas they preside over fairly closely, though, and well they should.

[rfjason.livejournal.com]

Hooray! Sick people get to live in pain! Oh Frabjus day - calooh callay!

[technocracygirl.livejournal.com]

Don't you love how states' rights are vitally important...until a state decides to do something Mr. Ashcroft doesn't like?