Reply #145: "Consent decrees are federal consent decrees"

[Fredda Weinberg]

I can't start laughing ... it's too late in the evening. Honestly, it's all I can do to stifle the guffaws.

Rather in contempt? Baby, tonight I enjoyed the company of our precinct's commanding officer, who absorbed the Florida file eagerly. Never mentioned you know who, or you know whatever ... we planned the future of police/public relations in my home town. Hold me however - I got the deed done righteously.

Let me explain the law briefly, cause you won't learn otherwise: until the Supremes have their say, the devils have their way. State court precedents percolate up the legal food chain until they are adopted as a national standard (and Congress could, if they would, speed up this issue if it was no longer a political cudgel) by the United States Supreme Court.

Along the way, there will be appellate victories: components of the federal legal system will recognize what states have done. Contradictions between or among the jurisdictions assure standing and increase chances of getting all important cert.

Now, let us stop throwing around terms like ignorance. Seriously, you're not worth the extra keystrokes, but maybe someone will be inspired to learn the weaponry of politics: the law. Or as I prefer it this evening ... da law!