[George Smiley]

I wonder if hints about the extremely-long-overdue Emerson ruling are getting out to the legal community and this is a pre-emptive strike against it.

Once again, lawyers try to explain that daylight isn't really light and the sun doesn't rise in the east, and that restrictions such as licensing and registration aren't really infringements.

This proves yet again the veracity of the statement made by Orwell that some opinions were so stupid that only an intellectual could believe them.

[freedomcrusader]

I wonder if hints about the extremely-long-overdue Emerson ruling are getting out to the legal community and this is a pre-emptive strike against it.

Interesting thought. I sure hope so...

[Charles Martel]

I wonder if hints about the extremely-long-overdue Emerson ruling are getting out to the legal community and this is a pre-emptive strike against it.

This letter was dated March, 2000, so I believe it pre-dates the oral argument in Emerson (5th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals).

I remember the letter circulating back then, with pretty much the same commentary from the people here on FreeRepublic. So, nothing new - except for the thinning of my patience. With each passing month, the probability of legal weaselry grows exponentially.