This being the age of the internet and all, I put the above phrase into a search engine. There were maybe a dozen references to the idea that Judge Carter was going to hear the 0bama case on its merits. All of them were from websites that are not "real" news sites (however you define that - I recognize that the NYT isn't real news either). USA Today had it on their website, but it was obviously posted by someone who was not a USA Today reporter.
What I did find is that there IS a Judge David Carter at the Federal Court building in Santa Ana, who served in the Marines. He was appointed by Bill Clinton in 1998. The first ruling cited for him was allowing a Gay and Lesbian club to meet on school premises. I seriously doubt, given that curriculum vitae, that he's going to make Zero show anything other than gratitude.
I found the above information in about three minutes.
Uh huh. Thanks for letting me know how "lazy" I am. And please refer to posts 238, 251, and 291 for the context of my "laziness."
Thanks for the info anyway.