<<<To speed the decision, the suit was heard by a special three-judge panel of two district judges and one from the D.C. Court of Appeals, two appointed by Ronald Reagan and one appointed by President Clinton. They came down 3-0 against sampling.>>>
"...there is no joy in Mudville---mighty Casey has struck out."
<<<Judge Royce Lamberth's decision told Commerce to read the law.>>>
A novel approach for the Clinton administration.
<<<Congress had indeed authorized Census to use sampling, but the same law prohibits its use for the vital purpose of apportioning House seats.>>>
Hi boys and girls! Today's word is g-e-r-r-y-m-a-n-d-e-r-i-n-g.
<<<"As we've repeatedly seen in the past 200 years, the Founding Fathers were not fools....
....regardless of how Mr. Clinton thinks to the contrary."
<<<The reason for an actual enumeration is not that sampling is scientifically flawed, but that politicians cheat..."
...and lie under oath.
<<<Post-election it was learned that 180,000 of these people had become citizens without formal FBI approval. Of those 180,000, the FBI had criminal records for 71,000, including 16,400 who had been arrested on felony charges.>>>
As fine a Democrat voter base as you'll ever find.
<<<"[T]he pace of naturalization will limit the number of new voters," the memo warned. A later memo lamented that INS lethargy would fail to "produce a million new citizens before election day.">>>
Synopsis: Clinton Priorities 101
<<<For that matter, the same Commerce Department that insists it can conduct sampling fairly brokered seats on foreign trade missions in the first Clinton term as a crude campaign fund-raising device>>>
Eggroll anyone?
<<<In 1996, he pulled off a public relations coup by vetoing a bill
that would have kept the government open and then blaming the
Republicans for having closed it. The Republicans have still not recovered,one reason why the President hopes he might pull the same trick again.>>>
Famous Last Words: "Don't worry Monica, I get away with this stuff all the time"
<<<In particular, President Clinton threatens to veto appropriations for Justice, State and Commerce if they include limits on the use of sampling. >>>
In a related story, President Clinton signed an executive order which hereby changes the National Anthem from "The Star-Spangled Banner" to "God Save The King". |
