[Sabertooth]

FreeRepublic's resident experts assured me SCOTUS would strike the bad parts down, even as I claimed SCOTUS was too unpredictable to make that assertion.

The Supremes almost always uphold campaign finance restrictions on political speech.

To be fair, a few who supported his signing of the bill have acknowledged now that it was a mistake.

[NittanyLion]

The Supremes almost always uphold campaign finance restrictions on political speech. To be fair, a few who supported his signing of the bill have acknowledged now that it was a mistake.

Yes, a few have. Unfortunately I see the same people reading the tea leaves and telling me the prescription drug bill will lead to privatization. I suspect most will learn nothing from this exercise, and will still refuse to look at history when predicting the consequences of actions.

[Congressman Billybob]

Sabertooth, my friend,

I was one of the "experts" who confidently predicted that the Supreme Court would strike down major portions of this law. I believed that at least five Justices would follow their oath of office to protect and defend the Constitution.

However, I stated a consequence of my being wrong. I said I would resign from the Bar of the Supreme Court if "we" (meaning all the lawyers against this law) failed to get major parts of this law chucked in the trash.

My 18th brief in the Supreme Court will be filed on 19 December. I do not have a right to harm my client, who commissioned that brief. So I must hold off my resignation until the Ninth Circuit "under God" decision has come down. Then I can resign -- and make it clear in public and no uncertain language -- why I am resigning.

Congressman Billybob

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