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Court Sharply Challenges Recall Delay
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| September 22, 2003 (8:51 pm)
| Henry Weinstein and Maura Dolan
Posted on 09/22/2003 10:04:32 PM PDT by pogo101
SAN FRANCISCO Federal appeals court judges sharply challenged attorneys seeking to postpone the Oct. 7 recall election, posing questions during an hourlong, nationally televised hearing Monday that were notably unsympathetic in their number and tone.
The court plans to issue a ruling in the case this morning, Cathy Catterson, the chief clerk of the court said Monday evening.
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At the end of the hearing, Chief Judge Mary M. Schroeder gave Rosenbaum 30 seconds to rebut the arguments made by his opponents. Rosenbaum, saying he would try to make three points all at once, told the judges that the evidence presented about the errors caused by punch-card machines made this "the strongest case that has ever been in this circus circuit."
His mistake drew laughter both from the judges and the audience as Rosenbaum left the podium red-faced.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: 9thcircuit; 9thcircus; aclu; california; kozinski; recall
Published 8:51 pm Monday evening (PDT).
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posted on
09/22/2003 10:04:33 PM PDT
by
pogo101
To: pogo101
A liberal red-faced. When the ACLU acknowledges the zany character of the Nine Circus, you know they've just lost their case! LMAO
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posted on
09/22/2003 10:06:06 PM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: goldstategop
Game over. Who in the pool had the 9th circus en banc jettisoning the postponement? Prepare to collect.
To: NutCrackerBoy
Pretty sure I called that right off the bat. But what do I know, I'm just a right-wing crazy.
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posted on
09/22/2003 10:10:13 PM PDT
by
thoughtomator
(Right Wing Crazy #5338526)
To: NutCrackerBoy; goldstategop; Sabertooth; Congressman Billybob
Over on the suddenly-in-vogue blog
How Appealing, the bloggers print a letter from a former 9th Circuit clerk who, having watched Monday's oral argument, guesses that Tuesday may bring not only a reversal of the Planet Pregerson Plus Two, but also that this will occur by a vote of 9-2 -- and possibly by 11-0 on the recall itself, with the only dissents coming from judges wishing to put off at least the Propositions until March.
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posted on
09/22/2003 10:12:33 PM PDT
by
pogo101
To: pogo101
I'm going to withhold my belief that the Times description is accurate here. This could simply be cover for the court to say yes, we gave this serious consideration as you can tell by the tough questioning, but there really is a problem and the election must be interrupted.
This will iron out in the morning. I'm not confident either way.
To: pogo101
When the media said the recall was making a circus of California politics they didn't realize that the courts were already full of clowns.
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posted on
09/22/2003 10:30:21 PM PDT
by
eggman
(Social Insecurity - Who will provide for the government when the government provides for all of us?)
To: pogo101
The election is on as far as I am concerned. The oral argument was a dead bang homerun for the pro-recall forces.
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posted on
09/22/2003 10:31:45 PM PDT
by
ambrose
(Free Tommy Chong!)
To: pogo101
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posted on
09/22/2003 11:12:10 PM PDT
by
DoctorZIn
To: pogo101
the suddenly-in-vogue blog How AppealingSuddenly in vogue? Hardly. It's been one of the most popular spots on the web for legal news for quite some time now. It's near the top of the list as far as blawgs go.
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posted on
09/22/2003 11:36:47 PM PDT
by
Sandy
To: Sandy
You're picking a nit over THAT? Whatever your view of its prior popularity, it's popularity has shot up dramatically since the Pregerson Three did their jig on the law. (As I'm sure you must know. Bashman's been ecstatic about it, in several entries.)
I've been reading it for a long time. Glad you think that "we" cognoscenti had already made it "vogue." My point was that I'm seeing it referred to in a lot of places I hadn't before. I stand by my characterization.
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posted on
09/23/2003 12:21:07 AM PDT
by
pogo101
To: pogo101
You're picking a nit over THAT? LOL. Probably cuz I'm such a big fan of the site. I took your comment to mean that the site hadn't been popular til recently. Never mind.
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posted on
09/23/2003 12:51:04 AM PDT
by
Sandy
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