[backtothestreets]

"To me, this looks more like the Bush Administration posturing as if it doesn't want forests to burn and then throwing the case."

Could be. It could also be an effort by the judges to have this elevated to the Supreme Court to have some part of the law thrown out. That would be a political move, and the courts are occasionally known to be politically motivated.

[Carry_Okie]

...the courts are occasionally known to be politically motivated.

You don't say? Gosh, what is the world coming to?

That post passes for the "irony of the day." Thanks for the chuckle.

[SierraWasp]

"and the courts are occasionally known to be politically motivated."

Even federal judges with lifetime appointments still read/watch/listen to the media of all types and watch election results on election night... You betcha they aren't politically sterile!!! They are also still human and my point about social/family pressure still stands.

Judges are generally lawyers that pursued judicial system politics. Yes, there is such a hierarchal(sp?) system of politics, just as there is another political system regarding water usage and another called corporate politics. There's even politics in religious and scientific institutions and especially in institutions of higher learning. Nothing in life is immune to political pressures!!!

In every encounter in life, a sale is made! Either I sell you on my point of view, or you sell me on yours!!! (this includes the courtroom, for certain!!!) It's how we change things in society without killing each other!!!