Actually, John, I was going to Freepmail an apology for my post - I was letting my tagline run away with me. After about 45 minutes of thinking about it, I concluded 'What the H*ll standing does a Tenn. Lawyer have in Louisiana, even if he was admitted to the SC?"
I DID say I wasn't sure about the declaration of martial law, in my first post on the subject. I saw maybe two references to that here on FR, and both were off-brand sources. That's why I said, "if" that was confirmed.
After a week of reading NautiNurse's Katrina Threads, (I still am having withdrawal symptoms since she stopped) I agree that there STILL is no solid documentation what whoever is behind the dummy in the LA Governor's office has had her do. (I think the term here is Eminence Gris, no?)
Heck, things in New Orleans are such a FUBAR right now that I don't know 1) IF anyone is seizing guns (other than shooters who are firing them in public)?, 2) If so, WHO is doing it? That isn't clear, either, and 3) WHAT AUTHORITY does whoever's doing it, claim for his/her actions.
Agreed. I've seen ONE case on tape, and have heard of others, but as we all know by now, rumor and fact are so completely mixed at this point, I despair of ever finding out what the truth is, under any circumstance.
In that sort of situation, even if I was there and authorized by a client to act, who would I sue, for what, and on what basis, and in what court? And that's without considering the high probability that any judge would say to himself, "I can't control this. I'll chuck the case now, and let that cigar-chomping Guard General straighten it all out. If somebody has a legal issue to b*tch about, let 'em come back and file a new suit when all the dust has settled."
Further, under the Napoleonic Code, CAN anyone in the LA State/Local Govt. be sued?
There are a number of situations in this life when the presence of more lawyers means that the situation can only get worse. I'm fairly certain that this is one of them, even if that lawyer is me, and a busload of other lawyers who are also legal conservatives.
ROFLMAO! Dear God, you KNOW I'm gonna save that one to nail you with, Later. (Eeevil Grin)
Plus there is the fact that no one has suggested in any way that they want me to stick my nose into this. Without a client to represent I AM "a potted plant," to borrow a phrase. LOL.
Agreed. However, after all the hot pistols on the threads cool off, Somebody's gonna have to sort this out. Think perhaps this will be an opportunity to get the 2nd Amendment nailed down tight at least until the Neo-Commies take over again? With A Roberts court, another Constitutionalist Justice coming up, and Ginsberg looking so poorly, y' 'spose we might have a shot?
— Rich