-=> On 11-30-97  03:37, Tom Goodman did testify and affirm <=-
-=> to Shoshona Bieman concerning Re: Tobacco Fascists Find <=-
 
 JB> My view is they knew they would lose the case and saw this
 JB> as a defeat for affirmative action. I only hope the lady
 JB> doesn't take the money but decides to continue the fight to
 JB> the Supreme Court.
 
 SB> Alas, she has settled (the whole point of the article).
 
 SB> That settlement still goes "on the record" although it never
 SB> made it before the SC for a definitive ruling that would have
 SB> set a precedent for the whole nation... That's why the NAACP
 SB> coughed up the bucks to pay the settlement --they did NOT want
 SB> the SC to adjudicate this case since the SC has been taking a
 SB> stronger stand against the various affirmative action cases
 SB> brought before them...
I suspect the Justices are *less* than pleased at having
this case yanked off the docket at the last moment. 
Disregarding the amount of study the Justices do to prepare
to hear a case - now wasted - , using the Supreme Court for
one's political ends is a no-no. 
Given that the Justices are human, I suspect the defendants
are going to be regarded with rather a jaundiced eye upon
their next appearance. 
... del clinton.*; del rodham.*; del *.tax (if only it were so simple..)
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