--- In [email protected], "Marek Reavis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Judy, thanks for the correction; I did a quick search and didn't > think to check and see if this was a separate opinion. I assumed > (and apparently, incorrectly) that this was from the Court's actual > ruling.
Well, I guess an opinion, concurring or dissenting, is technically part of the ruling; I'm not sure how the terminology works. But I just wanted to point out that it's sort of an extended addendum that provides a detailed rationale for the ruling, and is by only one of the three judges. The lower court ruling is much less interesting, much more doctrinaire and superficial. > Some judges do write with great clarity and those that do, not > infrequently, with great wit and charm. The opinion I quoted is, I > feel, an accurate and cogent evaluation of the combined TM/SCI > position vis-a-vis religion. I'm glad to know you think so. My perspective on it is, to say the least, inexpert, so I'm pleased to have it confirmed. It's the first, and so far the only, detailed opinion I've read on an appeals court case dealing with a constitutional issue, and I was really quite impressed by it. I'd love to know more about Judge Adams. Do you know his first name, by any chance? I can't find it in the document. Do appeals court rulings typically include opinions by one or more of the judges, or does one get written only if an individual judge is inspired to explore the issue in depth? > One of the great stories from that case that I heard about was about > Jerry Jarvis being cross-examined about the puja and its meaning > from plaintiff's attorney. The lawyer was attempting to get Jerry > to admit that he (and all TM teachers) literally believed > everything that was in the puja -- all the divine stuff -- and > therefore, obviously, TM was a religion. Jerry repeatedly denied > the literalism of the puja and finally deadpanned that he did not > *really* believe that Guru Dev had lotus feet. <belly laugh> Never heard that; that's great. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
