[over3Owithabrain]

I don't challenge your legal acumen, CBB. My thoughts are political. If SCOTUS overturns the 9th, this will give the Dems more ammo to whine, "there they go again", etc.. It's factually wrong of course but when did that matter?

OTOH, if the 9th ruling stands, roughly two-thirds of voting Californians will be PO'd and feel disenfranchised. The Dems will be the ones viewed as overturning the people's will. Davis will continue to mismanage the state, and the result will be an angry electorate in '04. Ah-nold's plastic candidacy will be less of a factor too.

So personally, ?i don't see this as a loss, JMO.

[woodyinscc]

If the SCOTUS refuses the case, then the 9th circuit has no business taking the case. Thus it has to be voided.

[prairiebreeze]

OTOH, if the 9th ruling stands, roughly two-thirds of voting Californians will be PO'd and feel disenfranchised. The Dems will be the ones viewed as overturning the people's will. Davis will continue to mismanage the state, and the result will be an angry electorate in '04.

This may be true, but attention spans are limited. Time will dilute the issue I believe. And time is on the side of the liberals it seems.

Prairie

[GOP Jedi]

I don't challenge your legal acumen, CBB. My thoughts are political. If SCOTUS overturns the 9th, this will give the Dems more ammo to whine, "there they go again", etc.. It's factually wrong of course but when did that matter?

It's a win-win for the Dems. If it get overturned, their "broken glass" partisans will be motivated to vote on Oct 7th to "send a message" to the "out-of-control right-wing" Supreme Court.

[singsong]

My thoughts are political. If SCOTUS overturns the 9th, this will give the Dems more ammo to whine...
They'll whine one way or the other.

OTOH, if the 9th ruling stands, roughly two-thirds of voting Californians will be PO'd and feel disenfranchised
They feel that way already. No need to wait for more damage. Besides this decision is legally wrong, given prior elections. The real question is how to impeach incompetent/biased judges?