Frankly, I still assume it was and the Reagan folk thought so or they would have gotten an argument to the Supreme Court so fast it would have made Ollie North dizzy.
You can't get arguments to the Supreme Court that fast. File in District court, brief it, have a hearing, case taken under advisement, letter opinion, motions to rehear, then appeal to the Court of Appeals, brief it, have a hearing, case taken under advisement, letter opinion, motions to rehear, then appeal to the Supreme Court, brief it, have a hearing, case taken under advisement, motions to rehear. Three years isn't unrealistic.
If you know you're right, just do it and deal with the consequences.
As I said, nobody was ever convicted of violating it, and Special Prosecutor Lawrence Walsh never even tried. |
