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To: churchillbuff
"I don't understand what separation of powers has to do with it," he said. "Some law is going to govern how people behave toward (Terri) tomorrow. The legislature has to have power to legislate today about what we do tomorrow, and that power is not taken away by the fact that the judiciary said something else yesterday."

That's what I've been trying to say since the law was passed. And look at the Connecticut legislation that SCOTUS upheld in CALDER v. BULL, 3 U.S. 386 (1798) .

40 posted on 10/27/2003 4:29:09 AM PST by aristeides
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41 posted on 10/27/2003 5:05:27 AM PST by pickyourpoison
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