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Politics : Did Slick Boink Monica? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: Bill who wrote (16914)7/16/1998 3:39:00 PM
From: Zoltan!  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 20981
 
The betting is that Rehnquist will refuse the obstructors' appeal since there is no legal basis for their claims.

The appeals court had sent a strong message to the Justice Department by
saying none of its nine judges available on the case wanted to intervene
and that it was unlikely to win before the nation's nine justices.

The department's ''likelihood of success before the Supreme Court is
insufficient to warrant further delay in the grand jury's investigation,'' the
appeals court said.

nytimes.com

Very harsh words. The Clinton administration was slapped down and stepped on. The Court of Appeals showed absolute contempt for their specious arguments and obvious delaying tactics.



To: Bill who wrote (16914)7/16/1998 3:41:00 PM
From: MulhollandDrive  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 20981
 
Bill,

I believe it's just Chief Justice Rehnquist hearing the argument, the Supremes are not in session until October. I'm not sure about the legal technicalities of this, but I understood the report to say that he would decide whether it would go to the full court. I'm sure somebody out there has the details. bp