Posted on 02/01/2006 6:32:25 AM PST by PatrickHenry
How far down your throat does your foot go Professor?
It sure looked like he was saying the case had no future relevance whatsoever. I guess I should have been reading in the penumbras for his real meaning.
And as an aside, those supposedly useless, not-worth-the-paper-they're-written-on district court opinions have a funny and frequent way of showing up in circuit court decisions, and they seem to have a more than slightly noticeable effect on district courts as well.
I'm not sure I would take the position in front of an appellate panel that garbage from a district court is so useless it isn't even worth distinguishing. You're likely to acquire a serious case of verbal whiplash.
This is a good time and place for this article - Thank You.
It would be even more appropriate if the author of this article recognized that intelligent design has been a shaping principle for western science for centuries, while materialistic naturalism and its attending philosophies are not only the new kids on the block but also philosophies that fundamentally effect the interpretation and explanation of evidence.
The most offensive thing about the dogmatic proponents of Darwinian evolution and its attendant philosophies is that they employ judges to establish non-thesitic principles to the exclusion of theistic principles, when in fact our Constitution guarantees freedom of expression for all religious points of view, whether in public or in private.
"Duh, I dunno what he said, and he dunno what he said, but we're both on the same page"
You ignored this state that was immediately before the one you cited.
"Jones decision in the Dover case is not binding for any parties other than the ones directly involved in that case."
Hey, some of it is garbage. Nothing wrong with the truth. Citing good work is fine, citing garbage is just that, citing garbage. SCOTUS cites Euro garbage, it has no binding authority. Why do they then cite Euro garbage? Your guess is as good as mine.
Quit while you're behind Professor.
Re: the new tactic of whining the Ichneumon's amazingly informative posts are somehow "spam:"
How about he breaks them up and posts them in 4 consecutive posts instead of one long one. That way, you creationists can digest them in small little chapters. And maybe, as a service to you, he'll put little cute pictures of puppies and kittens just to keep your interest. Cuz all that sciencey stuff iz hard!
That's fine. I will accept your interpretation of your words.
But (since you seem to have some familiarity with the subject) I am sure you also know that "precedent" does not necessarily mean, or equal, "binding precedent." Precision in the written word is a worthy goal.
Answer the question. is a case published in the Fed. Supp. binding on any other US District Court Judge? And specifically, is the judge's decision in the dover case binding on any other judge? You must know that it isn't.
I'm not sure I would take the position in front of an appellate panel that garbage from a district court is so useless it isn't even worth distinguishing. You're likely to acquire a serious case of verbal whiplash.
Not nearly as quickly as if an attorney stood in front of a US circuit court bench and said a case published in the Fed. Supp. was binding within the circuit.
I've read enough cases where, when reading between the lines, a Circuit Sourt will opine that the District court Judge is full of shit; and don't tell me you haven't read some cases like that.
So your point is that because you made one only somewhat inaccurate claim in the first sentence, the wildly inaccurate claim in the second sentence must have actually been right.
Well, you're not going to find me arguing with that. But when its your job, you try to find respectful euphemisms to describe why the stink should stay where it is.
The Black Knight rides again.
Both sentences are accurate and correct.
Better to sit atop the ass than be the ass, eh Professor?
I did pedict it would be a narrow ruling. It obviously wasn't. I did not predict who would win.
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