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To: LindyBill who wrote (8224)	9/16/2003 11:28:35 AM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (2) of 793790

I'm sorry I can't seem to get you see the point. It's not PoMo; it's about the culture of politics. Which is one of the things this thread is about. One more shot, then I'll quit. If we all agree that these kinds of judicial decisions are an unholy mix of politics and legal analysis (and some other things that we will simply leave out of the discussion--more personal factors) but that we regret the degree to which politics plays a role. That is the perception that judges appointed by republicans vote republican or vice versa. We see it happen and we don't approve of it. We at least regret it. The Gore v Bush decision was the first decision that I can recall in which a great deal of the justification offered for it was something on the order of "what else would you expect by rep appointees?" And with no regret, no shame attached to the observation. Just anger from Gore supporters and satisfaction from Bush supporters. That's a serious step backwards, down, away from a culture in which we expect better and regret when we don't get it. I'm talking about the political culture in which we live. I'll stop with this attempt because I can't think of any other way to put it.

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