Re: FW from Eric Muller: RE: Puzzling cert grant

2003-10-16 Thread Sam Bagenstos
the Commerce Clause, I think there would likely be serious political obstacles to enactment. Does this mean that Congress just didn't know what it was doing in section 666? Maybe. 2. Sam Bagenstos is not convinced about scope of judicial power implications raised by a rule that a law stated to rest on one

Re: Justices Take Case on Pledge of Allegiance's 'God' Reference

2003-10-15 Thread Sam Bagenstos
The only thing I'd say about this is that I wouldn't count any of the Fab Four as sure votes for the plaintiff on the standing question. At 03:33 PM 10/15/2003 -0400, you wrote: All right, I'll take a whack. Rehnquist, O'Connor, and Thomas for reversal. Kennedy joins them, because he's a