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To: peyton randolph
Check your U.S. Constitution again. The lower federal courts exist at the whim of Congress. This includes all facets if Congress so desires, including both jurisdiction and standards of review.

I suggest you check your Constitution. It does not empower Congress to determine any aspect of how court proceeding will be conducted. Their authority to create courts does not give them any power to dictate the way judges will try individual cases. You are simply misinformed here. The power to create a court does not give them the power to control individual court hearings from the floor of Congress.

79 posted on 03/31/2005 3:48:03 PM PST by Crackingham
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To: Crackingham

Enjoy your emanating penumbras. Your interpretation of the U.S. Constitution would make Anthony Kennedy proud. Perhaps you could find some international law from Nigeria or Thailand to support your view. You certainly won't find it in the plain meaning of constitutional text.


85 posted on 03/31/2005 3:52:02 PM PST by peyton randolph (Warning! It is illegal to fatwah a camel in all 50 states)
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To: Crackingham
It does not empower Congress to determine any aspect of how court proceeding will be conducted.

They create the law under which the rules of procedure are derived. They can rewrite the laws any way they wish.

87 posted on 03/31/2005 3:54:29 PM PST by FreedomCalls (It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
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