"Is there any Little-Gators here at FR (or anywhere else) that can explain this Judges (legal & constitutional) basis for his instruction to not mention the constitution ?"
The judge was exercising his prerogative under admiralty law. The question should be, why is this case being prosectuted in an admiralty court instead of a common court?
97 posted on 05/16/2002 9:26:14 AM PDT by Eastbound