[dirtboy]

Whether you like it or not, that is the law. And it's not gonna change.

Kelo is the law of the land, too. Doesn't mean it's right or that we should not resist it.

I was called to federal jury duty right after US v. Watts was handed down in 1997, and the case had similarities to Watts, which, IMO, legalized double jeopardy. During voir dire, I told the judge that, if there was a vote to accquit on the more serious charge, I would be compelled to accquit on the less serious charge despite the evidence. The judge tried but could not fault my reasoning. Five years later, SCOTUS basically reversed Watts.

You have to stand up to this stuff wherever you can. I respect your opinion about the current realities of the court. But I cannot accept that reality.

[Congressman Billybob]

Thank you for the last sentence in your post. A lot of people on this thread think if they stick their fingers in their ears and yell “Shant,” that the law won't apply to them.

I don't have any truck with that sort of deliberate ignorance, regardless of where it comes from on the political scale.

John / Billybob