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<div>At 1:37 AM -0700 4/26/01, Rudolph C Troike wrote:</div>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>This is a sad day for civil rights in
America. This hole in the dike could<br>
take us back to the 1950s or even the 1920s. -- Rudy<br>
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On Wed, 25 Apr 2001, Roseann Duenas Gonzalez wrote:<br>
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Rudy, I was the expert in this case brought by the Southern Poverty
Law<br>
Center. It won in every Alabama court. We feared this
would be the<br>
result once the Supreme Court decided to review it. This sets a
terrible</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>precedent for all other claims.
I'm sick about it.<br>
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Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 00:06:31 -0700<br>
From: C. Thomas Mason <ctm@CTMASON.COM><br>
To: LINGUA@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU<br>
Subject: English-Only survives in Alabama</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>...<br>
In a divided 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court today overturned
those<br>
courts' decisions and ruled that individuals have no right to
bring<br>
suit to enforce the DOJ's regulation. Only the DOJ can do
that. If it<br>
chooses not to enforce its own regulations, the affected public is
simply<br>
out of luck.<br>
<br>
The split occurred along familiar lines. The five votes in the
majority<br>
were Chief Justice Rehnquist and Justices Kennedy, Scalia, Thomas,
and<br>
O'Connor. The usual suspects dissented--Justices Stevens,
Souter, Ginsburg,<br>
and Breyer.<br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>Tom Mason.</blockquote>
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<div>A particularly interesting account of the verdict appeared in
yesterday's New York Times, where Linda Greenhouse, after summarizing
the particulars of Justice Stevens's unusually vigorous dissent,
wrote (at least in my edition, on p. 14):</div>
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<div><b>The lineup on the court was familiar. Chief Justice William
H. Rehnquist signed Justice Scalia's majority opinion, as did
Justices Sandra Day O'Connor, Anthony M. Kennedy, and Antonin Scalia.
Justices David H. Souter, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen G. Breyer
joined the dissent.</b></div>
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<div>You'll recall the waggish suggestion that rather than having
Clarence Thomas vote, the Court might as well just let Scalia vote
twice? Looks like they've formally instituted the
practice.</div>
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<div>larry </div>
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