God, this shit is getting better and better. If Scalia is Luca Brasi, what does that make Renquist?
Jim Baird
--- Nathan Newman <nathan at newman.org> wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Justin Schwartz" <jkschw at hotmail.com>
>
> >Charles, et al, are dead on. Why _did_ the Supremes
> take this case if this
> >is all they had to say? --jks
>
> I think the conservatives wanted it, but then
> realized if they issued a 5-4
> decision, the Court would enter the delegitimacy
> demolition derby.
>
> So they kicked it hoping that by the time all the
> other issues involved in
> the contest fights get back to them, they can pick
> up a couple of the
> liberals
>
> That's my theory at least- the conservatives
> obviously delivered a partial
> propaganda win for Bush, so they got a small gain
> politically from taking
> the case rather than just upholding the Fl SC.
>
> -- Nathan Newman
>
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