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To: mrsmith
"No, the difference re those suits is that there would be standing. A specific harm to specific persons."

I could be wrong and am certainly NOT claiming infallibility on this incredibly complicated issue, but...I believe many of those Vietnam era suits were filed by individuals trying to escape service; an individual suit for an individual circumstance. And yet, those too weren't even heard for "lack of standing". That's the courts catch-all phrase for not wanting to get involved. I presume we will be hearing much more of it the next several years.

35 posted on 01/22/2009 2:15:53 PM PST by Big_Monkey
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To: Big_Monkey

Yeah... it was considered a “political question”.

The difference here is that this is a matter of law and not political. The courts say what the law means since Marbury.

I don’t know what’ll happen either. This is just too unique.
Frankly I hope Zobama is qualified.


38 posted on 01/22/2009 2:20:37 PM PST by mrsmith
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