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June 22, 2005

How Supreme Court Justices Decide on Where to Go to Lunch

I found this little ditty over at Demagogue.

From: BreyerBreyerPantsOnFire@ scotus.gov
To: Supremelist@scotus.gov
Date: May 25, 2005
RE: A compromise solution

It seems to me that there are at least four ways in which we can analyze
this question. Let's assume, for a moment, that -- as in Justice Scalia's
last hypothetical -- Applebee's were located on the moon. But, located on
an American colony on the moon, in which federal jurisdiction was
exclusively American, except maybe in matters of sentencing guidelines or
conflicts over the density of the atmosphere. Lunar law would control in
those areas. My question, if you are still following me, is whether moon
colony or Applebee's law could pre-empt federal law? Please consult the
attached 14-page memorandum for further discussion of this and other
hypotheticals.

Yours, Steve

P.S.: I vote for Bullfeathers.


Read the whole thing. It's a hoot!

1 Comments:

  • At June 22, 2005, Blogger cookie christine said…

    Yes, everyone does finds this fascinating. What were the restaurants like?

    Was Thomas's a copy of Scalia's?

     

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