-=> On 02-27-98  15:10, Roy J. Tellason did testify and affirm <=-
-=> to Robert Craft concerning Supreme Court Decisions <=-
 
 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. 
 RJT> That's good news!
 RJT> I heard about the first decision on the news,  nothing at
 RJT> all about the second one until I saw your post... 
 RJT> In fact, I didn't even know that the SC had been approached
 RJT> on the matter. 
It was done on the sly. Y'see, it's usual for Federal
officers to have their cases moved from local/State courts
to Federal courts, overseen by the Justice Department. But
since the Justice Department had already decided that the
officers shouldn't be tried in the first place... 
... The Ten Commandments are not multiple choice.
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