Again?

The 9th Circuit strikes again.

It was as if millions of Freepers screamed out, and were suddenly silenced...

Well sure, it's a violation of the kids 78th amendment rights.

rickythepenguin: The 9th Circuit strikes again.

Do judges get labeled "activist judges" only when they make a decision with which you disagree?

Gecko Gingrich: Do judges get labeled "activist judges" only when they make a decision with which you disagree?

Of course.

Interesting to see this, considering that the topic of this month's state bar mag (porn for attorneys) is whether the 9th should be split.

No, that sound was their collective hard-on springing up against their over-starched pants as they think of the years worth of new material they've just been handed on a silver platter.

Teekno: Isn't that always the definition of activist judges, whether from the left or right?

That was kinda my point. I would, however, like to point out that I have never heard a judge labeled a "damn activist judge" by the left. Not saying it hasn't happened, just that it must be so infrequently, that it doesn't get the press like when the right bandies it about.

rickythepenguin:

Interesting to see this, considering that the topic of this month's state bar mag (porn for attorneys) is whether the 9th should be split.

Conservative 9th Cir. Judge Alex Kozinski, one of my favorites, wrote an op-ed (for the WSJ I think) a few months back, and concluded that doing so would be an inefficient administrative nightmare that would wreak havoc on caselaw in the divided circuits. I tend to agre with him.

Don't worry this will get over turned by the time it gets to the Supreme Court again. This time the court will pull to the right so hard, they wont just dismiss it.

uatuba: He's a lawyer, so I'd say no.

rickythepenguin: Of course.

Guess again.

Iron Hand: Okay, now I am interested... What was the consensus, ricky?

I haven't read the article yet. But its old news; folks have been bumping the gums about splitting the 9th for years.

Arizona's former governor spent a bit of time basically lobbying for AZ to be removed from the hippie liberal 9th and moved to the more conservative 10th. He was mad at how the 9th was too soft on crime and to indulgent on appeals.

Of course when he was found guilty of several felony offenses (fraud), he was singing a different tune. The 9th eventually overturned his convictions (jury misconduct, as I recall) and while prosecutors considered re-trying him, Billy Clinton pardoned J. Fife on his very last day in office.

And so our governor entered chef school and is now a pastry chef for an upscale ristorante in Scottsdale.

...aaand we're green... this will be fun to watch.

SWEET JEEBUS!!!

ArcadianRefugee: And how do they make a child say it anyway?


I went to catholic school until about 4th grade. The nuns were very persuasive with their 3 feet of pain they would bring down on us if we didn't participate.

It's also interesting that the Pledge was written by a socialist. And then "under God" was added during the McCarthy era.