Douglas W. Kmiec on Ninth Circuit & California Recall on National Review Online:
The sun shines brighter on the golden republic today because in court, law prevailed over politics, and in so doing, allowed politics to have its appointed day.
Yup.
The WSJ was disappointed by the ruling, however:
We have to confess, though, to being a tad disappointed that the High Court won’t be heard from on this issue. The Ninth Circuit slapdown is welcome. Even better would be one from the Supreme Court, which is now deprived of the opportunity to repudiate the notion that Bush v. Gore extends beyond the 2000 Presidential election.
Silly gooses.
Links via Mr. Bashman.
From Rough and Tumble:
Recall — A federal appeals court Tuesday put the California recall race back on track for an Oct. 7 election, reversing an order to postpone the vote and setting off a 13-day sprint to a final public judgment on Gov. Gray Davis. Lawyers for the American Civil Liberties Union, who had challenged the election date, said they would not pursue the matter further. Legal experts had projected slim odds of success had the ACLU appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court. Michael Finnegan in the Los Angeles Times Dean Murphy and John Broder in the New York Times William Booth and Rene Sanchez in the Washington Post Bob Egelko in the San Francisco Chronicle Henry Weinstein in the Los Angeles Times Claire Cooper in the Sacramento Bee Howard Mintz in the San Jose Mercury Matt Krasnowski in the San Diego Union-Trib Harrison Sheppard in the Los Angeles Daily News — 9/24/03