Posted on 06/14/2004 7:25:52 AM PDT by I still care
Just a breaking news bar - the court has thrown out Newdows case on a technicality. Score one for the pledge.
I don't know, sometimes a good "Get The Hell Out Of My Court" is OK too...
ALL RIGHT!!!
Pete Williams successfully figured out the USSC decision in the Florida Recount almost instantly, and about 15 minutes before everyone else; he's obviously a fast reader with a clue, so he's probably right.
I Pledge Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all ...
The technicality was "this is stupid, why waste our time on it." That is good enough for me.
I wanna know what Rita Cosby says first...
Not gutless, the court must consider whether issue is ripe or the parties have standing in order to proceed with analyzing the merits of the case. (This would also have been true of the 9th circuit, but they were in one of their typical militant races to the Supreme Court).
Many of us recognized this issue when it first arose at the state level. I wish I could find my previous posts on it.
Does that mean he doesn't pass go, and collect a million dollars?
I think all this started when his ex wife became a born again Christian.
The Court's Decision was exactly the right one. The plaintiff was not the custodial parent. He lacked standing to bring the action and federal courts, being courts of limited jurisdiction, may only rule where there is an actual case or controversy.
This is a victory for a limited judiciary.
Pray for W and The Truth
Article [IX]
"The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people."
This is a case of a half a loaf being far better than none at all.
Yes, the SCOTUS ducked the central issue, but we can still recite the Pledge with the words 'under God' included.
That is worth a WHOO-WHOO! (not Nurse Fuzzy-Wuzzy?)
Pete Williams is a lawyer, I think.
That's exactly what the pack of robed, cowardly SOBs did again, too.
The a-hole will be back to get those two words removed as sure as God made little green apples.
Only next time, there'll be no "technicalities".
...for the USSC to use in obfuscating their lawful responsibily.
The SCOTUS made the right decision. If you can settle a matter without dealing with the substance, that's good legal decision-making. The courts can only adudicate cases and controversies.
Exactly...another "parent" will file now and do the same damn thing. This solves nothing.
While I would have preferred them actually ruling on the case, and it does make them appear gutless.....this dismissal points the finger at Newdow's ethics and legal ability MORE THAN SIMPLY RULING AGAINST THE CASE would have done.
Now people want to know why the court decided this guy didn't even have standing, something a good lawyer...which he is not...would have realized would have been the case. He is now the laughingstock of a nation.
Simply ruling against him would not have made him the laughingstock of the nation.
Someday some other idiot will try to stop "under God." The court will later have time to rule on it I am sure.
I hope that in throwing the case out, they also made it impact the 9th Circuit decision, so folks in that circuit can now say the pledge.
This way of handling it did serve to humiliate Newdow more than just ruling against him IMO though.
That has to be difficult for someone who is a militant atheist like Newdow. I wonder what happened there? Did she become a Christian after they split, because they split, or he divorce her because she became a Christian? Or did she become one because his athiesm left such a bad taste?
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