Reply #10: that interpretation doesn't make a lot of sense to me

[OnTheOtherHand]

I think most people know that a U.S. district court isn't the Supreme Court. They may not be sure how many levels there are in between, but I don't know who would confuse it for the highest court in the land. So if Bo had been trying to fool listeners, he could have done a better job.

My impression was that he was trying to underscore that the need to get rid of lever machines isn't a matter of his personal interpretation of HAVA, it has been laid down by a federal judge. Clearly he expects that position to stand. Frankly, I do too. Maybe Novick has a more compelling legal theory than I've seen so far.

Maybe I can comment on the rest of this later -- I have to drive some munchkins.