well, for god's sake --

[fox]

the appeals court? postponed the california recall. the recallers intend, obviously, to appeal to the supreme court; but i have to wonder if the court's going to hear the case. doesn't really seem like a federal matter, does it? what in the world does it have to do with the u.s. constitution? (no, i'm really asking.)

favorite part of this story: the poll on the right, where the question is "was the appeals court right to block the recall vote?" and the answers are "yes -- punch-card ballots must be eliminated"; "no -- unfair federal intrusion in state election"; and "i can't take six more months of this". :-D

Comments

[sowilo.livejournal.com]

It was Bush v. Gore, but SCOTUS didn't have any business in that case either. The only reason to grant cert would be to right that wrong, but looking at the current makeup of the court, I doubt it.

[datlowen.livejournal.com]

Which is actually hilarious, and if I were a conspiarcy theorist, I would think that the 9th Circuit Court planned it that way. If the Supreme Court doesn't take the case, fine. The recall goes off in March, which is great news for Gray Davis (and it was looking more and more like the recall would fail anyways). If it does take the case, it has the choice of: 1) agreeing with the 9th Circuit, with the above repurcussions, or 2) vitiating parts of Bush v. Gore, which will do nothing more than undermine the credibility of both this court and the Administration.

In short: I LOVE THE 9TH CIRCUIT.

[jgesteve.livejournal.com]

You know I hadn't even thought about that whole scenario... Definitely gotta love the 9th Circuit!!

[datlowen.livejournal.com]

This is also the same court that took "under God" out of the pledge of allegiance.

marrying 9th Circuit