Comments on: The Feds are probably going to appeal the steroid list ruling

By: health insurance quote

health insurance quote — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:53:15 +0000

If the economy turns up, the government stands to gain due to increased tax revenues. The people can figure on another seven years of famine, though.

By: Tanner Jenness

Tanner Jenness — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 12:24:32 +0000

IVF and icsi: Most people compare the IVF to multiple births, but after seeing how controled it can be , I’d consider it to be a rather safe and effective treatment that provides qualities of both the natural birth and the arificial insemination. It’s very useful and lovely , but the person themself feels quite a bit better and safer.

By: Rob C

Rob C — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 14:41:15 +0000

aw snap!

By: Church of the Perpetually Outraged

Church of the Perpetually Outraged — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 13:16:35 +0000

2. How funny would it be if people ignored a stay order issued by the court and started destroying the lists? After the sealing order has been ignored and the names of A-Rod, Ortiz, Sosa and Manny leaked, how could the feds possibly be heard to complain?
Forgive me as I’m not a lawyer, but wouldn’t the Feds have copies of everything, so even if the MLBPA/Lawyers destroyed all their copies, it’d be for naught?

By: Grant

Grant — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 11:55:44 +0000

Thanks for the clarification. Of course I knew that the SCT rarely looks at cases (and is doing it less and less even as more and more decisions get made). But, you know, it’s a lot more fun to think that they will. Everything gets more interesting when Antonin Scalia’s involved.

By: Craig Calcaterra

Craig Calcaterra — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 11:21:58 +0000

Grant — you’re right about the general makeup of the Ninth Circuit, but the way they lean only takes you so far. For one thing, the judge that wrote this opinion is not particularly lefty, and this doesn’t smell like the sort of out-of-the-mainstream decisions the 9th is famous for.
More fundamentally, though, is that from what I can tell, this isn’t a situation where the 9th made a new law that begs for interpretation or overturning by the Supreme Court. They mostly came down by saying that these facts don’t meet the established standard (as opposed to changing the standard). This is key because the vast majority of cases don’t get Supreme Court review, even if the parties want it. The SCT has to decide it needs to review it, and in this case, I don’t know that there’s any controversial issue of law that they would feel the need to remedy.

By: Grant

Grant — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 10:53:15 +0000

Would you rather that a miscarriage of justice stand purely in the name of expediency? Appeals may seem frivolous and even wasteful, but I’d sure like to have them in my pocket when my freedom, livelihood, or life was on the line.
Craig: As I recall, the Ninth Circuit is generally one of the more left-leaning of the circuits. Could it be that this decision might easily be reversed on appeal. I’m no lawyer, of course, but I took a couple legal history courses as an undergrad, so I obviously know just enough to seem foolishly misinformed.

By: hop

hop — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 10:42:42 +0000

What a great court system we have, just keep appealing until you get the decision you like. And you gotta give thanks to the Fed gov. for wasting the taxpayers money on this stuff because its so important for us to know who took steroids! I mean thats clearly the most important issue facing our country today without a doubt!