Comments on: Between The Briefs: Updates On The Rule Of Law http://firedoglake.com/2008/01/10/between-the-briefs-updates-on-the-rule-of-law/ Firedoglake weblog Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:29:31 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: PetePierce http://firedoglake.com/2008/01/10/between-the-briefs-updates-on-the-rule-of-law/#comment-1196689 PetePierce Fri, 11 Jan 2008 02:52:55 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/01/10/between-the-briefs-updates-on-the-rule-of-law/#comment-1196689 <p>I have no doubt that there are backlogs in some states. Anything a bureaucracy tries to do anything, there are often screwups and delays. I think that would be grounds for litigation, particularly when primaries are already moving fast and Feb. 5 is not that far away.</p> <p>I’m not for the voter ID laws. I think they are intended to discourage Democratic voters, a lot like intimidating phone calls and troopers showing up at people’s doors falsely theratening that they could be arrested, etc. etc. or what I know happened in some states, that lines to vote in 2004 were cut off and people who stood in them didn’t get to vote.</p> I have no doubt that there are backlogs in some states. Anything a bureaucracy tries to do anything, there are often screwups and delays. I think that would be grounds for litigation, particularly when primaries are already moving fast and Feb. 5 is not that far away.

I’m not for the voter ID laws. I think they are intended to discourage Democratic voters, a lot like intimidating phone calls and troopers showing up at people’s doors falsely theratening that they could be arrested, etc. etc. or what I know happened in some states, that lines to vote in 2004 were cut off and people who stood in them didn’t get to vote.

]]> By: PetePierce http://firedoglake.com/2008/01/10/between-the-briefs-updates-on-the-rule-of-law/#comment-1196602 PetePierce Fri, 11 Jan 2008 02:25:42 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/01/10/between-the-briefs-updates-on-the-rule-of-law/#comment-1196602 <blockquote><p>Can you impeach a dead guy?</p></blockquote> <p>I dunno.</p> <p>But you can echo Dershowitz that Renquist did more damage to the Supreme Court than any other justice before him, and that he was one of the worst justices in history.</p>

Can you impeach a dead guy?

I dunno.

But you can echo Dershowitz that Renquist did more damage to the Supreme Court than any other justice before him, and that he was one of the worst justices in history.

]]> By: rwcole http://firedoglake.com/2008/01/10/between-the-briefs-updates-on-the-rule-of-law/#comment-1196500 rwcole Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:37:20 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/01/10/between-the-briefs-updates-on-the-rule-of-law/#comment-1196500 <p>Worked in a company that had a central franchising document- during the tenure of one attorney as chief counsel- the document was five or six pages long. That guy got kicked upstairs and another took over document maintainence. The damned thing was about thirty pages when I left. It’s much more difficult to say complex things in few words than to say em in volumes.</p> Worked in a company that had a central franchising document- during the tenure of one attorney as chief counsel- the document was five or six pages long. That guy got kicked upstairs and another took over document maintainence. The damned thing was about thirty pages when I left. It’s much more difficult to say complex things in few words than to say em in volumes.

]]> By: rwcole http://firedoglake.com/2008/01/10/between-the-briefs-updates-on-the-rule-of-law/#comment-1196493 rwcole Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:35:02 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/01/10/between-the-briefs-updates-on-the-rule-of-law/#comment-1196493 <p>Seems to me that only the shitty lawyers are excessively wordy– the good ones are quite succinct.</p> Seems to me that only the shitty lawyers are excessively wordy– the good ones are quite succinct.

]]> By: rwcole http://firedoglake.com/2008/01/10/between-the-briefs-updates-on-the-rule-of-law/#comment-1196488 rwcole Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:33:31 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/01/10/between-the-briefs-updates-on-the-rule-of-law/#comment-1196488 <p>Can you impeach a dead guy?</p> Can you impeach a dead guy?

]]> By: cinnamonape http://firedoglake.com/2008/01/10/between-the-briefs-updates-on-the-rule-of-law/#comment-1196485 cinnamonape Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:32:11 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/01/10/between-the-briefs-updates-on-the-rule-of-law/#comment-1196485 <p>Shit! I don’t believe it! I just heard that <a href="http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2008/01/mount-everest-p.html" rel="nofollow">Hillary has died</a>.</p> Shit! I don’t believe it! I just heard that Hillary has died.

]]> By: RayDuray http://firedoglake.com/2008/01/10/between-the-briefs-updates-on-the-rule-of-law/#comment-1196480 RayDuray Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:31:06 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/01/10/between-the-briefs-updates-on-the-rule-of-law/#comment-1196480 <p>Re:<br /> </p><blockquote>How long, o lord, how long? until something approximating earthly justice transpires for the good of all good souls?</blockquote> <p>If history is any clue, we’re going to have to see this current recession turn into something much nastier. Then some noble member of the elite will rise up to save the people in spite of themselves and in spite of being called a “traitor to his class”. </p> <p>The meek? Not gonna inherit much.</p> Re:

How long, o lord, how long? until something approximating earthly justice transpires for the good of all good souls?

If history is any clue, we’re going to have to see this current recession turn into something much nastier. Then some noble member of the elite will rise up to save the people in spite of themselves and in spite of being called a “traitor to his class”.

The meek? Not gonna inherit much.

]]> By: RayDuray http://firedoglake.com/2008/01/10/between-the-briefs-updates-on-the-rule-of-law/#comment-1196467 RayDuray Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:24:50 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/01/10/between-the-briefs-updates-on-the-rule-of-law/#comment-1196467 <p>Re:<br /> </p><blockquote>I have never understood the reverence that such an anti-democratic institution invokes. It is not about the law but the maintenance of power.</blockquote> <p>I’m pretty sure it’s the robes… </p> <p>Remember the mockery Rehnquist made of the Clinton impeachment trial by wearing a goofy yellow striped gown? <a href="http://www.slate.com/id/1005611/" rel="nofollow">He apparently used that for a personal gain of $9,000 in tax savings!</a> Sounds impeachable to me! This is where the border between clever and crass is clear. But will a court judge on this?</p> Re:

I have never understood the reverence that such an anti-democratic institution invokes. It is not about the law but the maintenance of power.

I’m pretty sure it’s the robes…

Remember the mockery Rehnquist made of the Clinton impeachment trial by wearing a goofy yellow striped gown? He apparently used that for a personal gain of $9,000 in tax savings! Sounds impeachable to me! This is where the border between clever and crass is clear. But will a court judge on this?

]]> By: cinnamonape http://firedoglake.com/2008/01/10/between-the-briefs-updates-on-the-rule-of-law/#comment-1196456 cinnamonape Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:18:47 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/01/10/between-the-briefs-updates-on-the-rule-of-law/#comment-1196456 <p>Is there any data on just how many jobs the Federal Government or paragovernmental groups (e.g. contractors protecting airports) has created during the Bush era vis-a-vis the Clinton period? Bush always trumpeted that he was gonna refuce the size of government, but he doesn’t give any numbers to establish that he has done so. That indicates to me that he has actually increased government.</p> Is there any data on just how many jobs the Federal Government or paragovernmental groups (e.g. contractors protecting airports) has created during the Bush era vis-a-vis the Clinton period? Bush always trumpeted that he was gonna refuce the size of government, but he doesn’t give any numbers to establish that he has done so. That indicates to me that he has actually increased government.

]]> By: PetePierce http://firedoglake.com/2008/01/10/between-the-briefs-updates-on-the-rule-of-law/#comment-1196455 PetePierce Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:18:37 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/01/10/between-the-briefs-updates-on-the-rule-of-law/#comment-1196455 <p>The federal judges making a lot of these decisions aren’t on anyone’s ballot of course. They are political appointments.</p> The federal judges making a lot of these decisions aren’t on anyone’s ballot of course. They are political appointments.

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