[Pontiac]

Two lower courts have dismissed the cases, ruling that they did not effectively argue that Clinton misused the Antiquities Act, and even if he did, the statute does not allow for judicial recourse. The White House pointed to these rulings as reason enough for the High Court to keep them off its docket.

"Even if petitioners had timely pleaded a claim that the president abused his discretion in applying the Antiquities Act standards to the designations at issue here, petitioners would not be entitled to judicial review of that contention,”

These are the points I believe are important. The Solicitor General’s office is protecting Presidential Power.

They do not want a precedent set that would limit Presidential Power.

[KantianBurke]

If true, Bush shouldn't have made promises he knew he wouldn't be able to keep.

[the gillman@blacklagoon.com]

Clinton ordered this with the stroke of a pen.

If Bush was interested he could undo them with the stroke of a pen.

His consistent defense of Clinton's actions says more than all the howling of his defenders.