This ‘troll’ has spent the last half hour reading about S&W’s 8 shot 357s. Clicked on FR, and this thread was at the top of the list. Frightening, isn’t it? I suspect there is a psyops unit in DC - maybe in the WH basement - that adjusts the listing of FR to ensure a thread like this is on top when I hit “FR Posts” on my browser.
Aside from that...not exactly a huge win for birthers. I doubt either Congress or the WH has any problem raising the cash from TAXPAYERS to defend themselves. Meanwhile, it gave the Court another chance to laugh at birthers.
Now, as y’all say, on to the SCOTUS! Charge!
And when the SCOTUS blows you yet another raspberry, you can embroider Judge Thomas’s joke on a blanket and wrap it around yourself as you curl into a fetus position.
Let’s see - the Court laughs at you, and you shout “Yippee!” Whatever, dudes...
I am a non-lawyer and I was able to grasp it. It is a forensic step by step annihilation of the three judges decision, the weakness and inconsistency of the standing doctrine and the bizarre “frivolous appeal” sanctions threat.
The judges feeble precedents on standing are isolated in detail and blown to bits one by one, trafalger-style. Its the clarity of thinking that is most impressive. I highly recommend FReepers read and digest this intellectual blast in the direction of the Federal judges.