[masadaman]

On the statement by Judge Donald Carter: In all the hearings previous, he was really zipping along toward an airing of eligibility issues, granting standing to the petitioners. Then he suddenly reversed, and OBTW, had acquired a new law clerk from the defendant’s then counsel, Perkins Coie (Seattle.) And, if memory serves, this particular clerk had an unusual credential an African background perhaps Kenyan, not African-American, African.

[jamese777]

On the statement by Judge Donald Carter: In all the hearings previous, he was really zipping along toward an airing of eligibility issues, granting standing to the petitioners. Then he suddenly reversed, and OBTW, had acquired a new law clerk from the defendant’s then counsel, Perkins Coie (Seattle.) And, if memory serves, this particular clerk had an unusual credential an African background perhaps Kenyan, not African-American, African.

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That might be significant if it weren’t for the fact that 90 other Courts have ruled the exact same way as Judge Carter including, now 13 denials at the Supreme Court.

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Judge Carter’s ruling is still pending on appeal before the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals.