Robert Craft wrote in a message to All:
 RC> Well, it appears that the Supreme Court does indeed take
 RC> note of public opinion when formulating their opinions. In
 RC> two decisions today, the Court stood squarely behind the
 RC> common people.
 RC> In the first decision, the Court refused to review Megan's
 RC> Law, allowing it to remain in force. Megan's Law, which
 RC> requires community notification when a pedophile moves into
 RC> the community, remains the law of the land. AFAIC, Megan's
 RC> Law is as much a public health regulation as anything else.
 RC> Pedophiles do not become rehabilitated and, as such,
 RC> constitute an ongoing threat to the community. For that
 RC> reason alone, Megan's Law would be necessary and justified.
 RC> In the second decision, yet another "special class" of
 RC> American people were rudely informed that they were *not*
 RC> above the law. When the Justice Department found "no
 RC> wrongdoing" in the actions of the Federal agents at Ruby
 RC> Ridge, the Attorney General of Idaho filed charges against
 RC> them. The Justice Department then sought to have the
 RC> charges tried in Federal court. The Court ruled, however,
 RC> that the Federal officers were not above the law and could
 RC> be tried in Idaho. 
That's good news!
I heard about the first decision on the news,  nothing at all about the 
second one until I saw your post...
In fact,  I didn't even know that the SC had been approached on the matter.
email: roy.j.tellason%tanstaaf@frackit.com 
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