Re: [dvd-discuss] The Checks and Ballances are in the mail

[Michael.A.Rolenz(at)aero.org]

You hit upon something I was pondering over the weekend-the right to a 
speedy trial. Not just in criminal cases but civil as well. Our legal 
system seems to have lost sight of the fact that people are not made of 
infinite amounts of money, time or patience to straighten out these 
messes. 

MPAA spent $4.5M in the Eric Corley case. That's more than any possible 
damages even indirectly attributable to him. Look at the Felton case. NO 
damages and if the Federal Judge doesn't brand the RIAA attorneys with a 
scarlet "FA" on their forheads he's clearly more patient than I -)




Jim Bauer <jfbauer@home.com>
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Michael.A.Rolenz@aero.org wrote:
>The courts have many times declared policy set by Congress as 
>unconstitutional and often set aside much of the implementation of 
various 
>policies because they violate the intent of policies. Look at 
>environmental cases these days. Look at some of the land use cases. 
>Congress cannot just vote something without ultimate review as you appear 

>to be claiming. THere are checks and balances. Judicial review is one.

It is a flawed checks and ballances.  Once a law passes that is one
day declared unconstitutional, the dammage has already begun.  It will
often take years or decades to undo the direct dammage.  But the
indirect dammage will last forever.  It will cost millions of dollars
and greatly affect, if not destroy, the lives of many innocent people.
-- 
Jim Bauer, jfbauer@home.com