6 October 2003

The Big Lie About the 9th Circuit

The San Francisco-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit has ruled that the FCC cannot follow through with plans to allow cable companies to exclude rivals from selling competing internet service over their lines.

But that's not topic of this entry. Instead I want to address the accepted adage about the 9th circuit being a liberal bastion of justice and how it's "the most overturned court in the federal system".

Chalk it up to the pervasive influence of the Moonie Times, Scaife funded foundations and Father Limbaugh ... proving that if something gets repeated enough, it is accepted as truth, despite facts to the contrary.

From a NY Times response by Judge Noonan Jr. of the aforementioned 9th circuit - you'll probably have to pay to get the article but here is a blurb:

"In the calendar year 2001, the Ninth Circuit terminated 10,372 cases, and was reversed in 14, with a correction rate of 1.35 per thousand. The Fourth Circuit, reputedly the most conservative circuit and the circuit with the second-largest number of cases reviewed by the Supreme Court, terminated 5,078 cases and was reversed in 7, making a correction rate of 1.38 per thousand."

Of course, you're free to adhere to the Moonie Times myth that the 9th circuit court is some aberration of justice totally out of alignment with the rest of the world and other judicial bodies...

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