At 21:07 -0600 on 3/20/01, Jim Choate wrote:
EXACTLY my point, thank you for recognising it so openly. Now go read the Constitution about law, and courts. Who in this country is the ONLY two groups that can make law? One is the states through constitutional amendments. There's one other and it ain't a court.
AND State legislatures AND state courts. Civil law is not a federal function. Notice that in the case that started this whole discussion a state court refused standing. -- "As nightfall does not come at once, neither does oppression. In both instances, there is a twilight when everything remains seemingly unchanged. And it is in such twilight that we all must be most aware of change in the air--however slight--lest we become unwitting victims of the darkness." -- Justice William O. Douglas ____________________________________________________________________ Kevin "The Cubbie" Elliott <mailto:kelliott@mac.com> ICQ#23758827