[hobbes1]

No it isn't those are al parts of rulings that don;t carry the effect of a Ruling itself.

However, this is precisely the reason the current administration is arguing that A$$hole Seth Waxmans position in Emerson.

P.S. with regards to Emerson, can anybody hazard a guess as to which Circuit, Pickering was nominated for ? (5Th) I would be willing to bet in the back rooms, that matter was discussed, most of that circuit are Reagan/Bush appointees.

[45Auto]

The current make-up of the 5th Circuit is just about 50-50 with half being appointed by Bill The Rat and Jimmy Carter and the other half by Bush The Elder and Reagan. Yes, Pickering was nominated for a seat on the 5th Circuit; I'd rather see him and his conservative colleagues put on the 9th Circuit, so we MIGHT get some favorable RKBA rulings in the future here in the fascist state of California. As it is, there is very little reason to try and bring a federal lawsuit on behalf of anybody's RKBA in the 9th Circuit district, because they NEVER rule favorably on the RKBA. The 9th Circuit upheld the very unconstitutional Roberti-Roos AW ban, even though it was challenged on six separate Constitutional issues, including the 2nd.