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To: little jeremiah; conservativegramma; Red Steel
Unfortunately Lurking Libertarian says that there is no chance the SCOTUS will hear this because none of the lawyers arguing these cases are bigshot names. Sickening, if true.

Not quite what I said. There is no rule restricting Supreme Court cases to certain lawyers, and they do sometimes hear cases filed by unknowns. But certain lawyers carry enormous clout with the Supreme Court. The chances of getting a cert. petition granted are way higher if it is filed by, say, Ken Starr or Larry Tribe, than if I file it (and I'm an appellate lawyer with 30 years of experience). The fact that none of the distinguished Supreme Court lawyers-- liberal or conservative-- has shown any interest in these cases will, to some extent, suggest to the Justices that there really isn't a serious issue here.

370 posted on 01/08/2009 12:05:19 PM PST by Lurking Libertarian (Non sub homine, sed sub Deo et lege)
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To: Congressman Billybob

I’d like to see your viewpoint on this.


372 posted on 01/08/2009 1:26:05 PM PST by Kevmo ( It's all over for this Country as a Constitutional Republic. ~Leo Donofrio, 12/14/08)
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