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To: Sabertooth
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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900 posted on 12/10/2003 10:43:36 AM PST by Congressman Billybob (www.ArmorforCongress.com Visit. Join. Help. Please.)
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To: Congressman Billybob
Billybob--

Maybe it's not so embarassing to IMPOTUS after all that he was removed from the Supreme Court Bar. It's they who are becoming an embarassment.

933 posted on 12/10/2003 10:49:53 AM PST by Defiant (I'm your candidate and I approve of the preceding message, no matter how insipid.)
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To: Congressman Billybob
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.

Well, that's a drag.

I wasn't confident. The SCOTUS almost always upholds restrictions on political speech, when those restrictions relate to campaign finance.

For my part, I won't hold you to your rash promise. Maybe you should run a thread and let the posters weigh in.


1,018 posted on 12/10/2003 11:09:01 AM PST by Sabertooth (Credit where it's due: saveourlicense.com prevented SB60, and the Illegal Alien CDLs... for now.)
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