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To: edcoil
Not if we start demanding jury trials for this stuff as opposed to judges making these types of decisions

So you're saying you want someone to make a decision contrary to clearly established federal law? If so, that would be judicial activism & we need less of that, not more.

12 posted on 04/11/2006 1:26:29 PM PDT by gdani
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To: gdani

I want people in the community directly affected by these decisions to have the say in any lawsuit.


15 posted on 04/11/2006 1:28:34 PM PDT by edcoil (Reality doesn't say much - doesn't need too)
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To: gdani

Moot point...the plaintiff in a civil case demands jury or bench not the defendant (ie school board).


19 posted on 04/11/2006 1:38:16 PM PDT by Tulane
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To: gdani
So you're saying you want someone to make a decision contrary to clearly established federal law? If so, that would be judicial activism & we need less of that, not more.

Of course.

Juries have the responsibility to judge the validity of the law as well as its application. The jury is the final check against an overreaching government.

22 posted on 04/11/2006 1:45:16 PM PDT by Sgt_Schultze
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To: gdani
So you're saying you want someone to make a decision contrary to clearly established federal law?

Which "clearly established federal law" do you refer to?

32 posted on 04/11/2006 2:31:45 PM PDT by DBeers (†)
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