[lugsoul]

As you know, I'm usually a pretty passionate defender of judges - most of these guys do a good job on most cases, but the cases where a judge rules correctly usually don't make the papers. Frankly, my tolerance for loose attacks on judges dropped even lower when Rowland Barnes got killed just for doing his job. That bias being fully admitted, I am completely at a loss for how one can think impeachment of Whittemore would be in any way justified (and who else could they possibly go after?). I know this could sound elitist, but I just don't think these people have any idea what it is that judges do. I mean, you could see it here - before Whittemore's 1st ruling, less than 24 hours after he first got the case, the chorus was screaming 'why hasn't he ruled already?!' Then, after he ruled, they were screaming 'why didn't he have a full-blown trial?!' - as if the Schindlers didn't ASK for a TRO hearing. I guess these folks thought that these judges were just sitting around playing cards waiting for a Schiavo case to hit their desks.

Anyone who doesn't realize that the judges in the last three weeks have given the Schindlers more leeway, more consideration, more attention, etc. than any other litigant in their courtroom in years just doesn't have any understanding of how the system works.

[Peach]

I read your post before I left to clean, and although I am the last person to fully understand how the legal system works, especially with regard to appeals courts, the articles I've read by reporters who DO seem to understand the system have stated pretty much what you have just said.

When I read how many documents have been presented and how many doctors and specialists have testified, I realized this is more representation than any 100 of us will ever have in our lifetimes put together.

And unless there is a vast conspiracy among doctors and therapists that I am unaware of, and they are fortunate enough to find the right judges repeatedly, then there is no "there" there for DeLay to go after.

But I can see the GOP has not dropped this, although I was assured they had and had hoped they had.

That conservatives want more federal intervention has perplexed me from the beginning. And time has not solved the mystery.

bbl