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I no longer am surprised when folks who disagree with a judicial decision immediately assume that the court was "bought" by one side. Just saddened.
For the record, it was a unanimous decision of the three judge court. The three judges are Sentelle (appointed by Reagan), Tatel (appointed by Clinton) and Randolph (appointed by Bush I). Tatel, who wrote the opinion, is hardly a right-winger. His past service (pre judiciary) included service as a founder of the Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, as Director of the National Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, and as Director of the Office for Civil Rights of the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare under Jimmy Carter. And while Randolph was appointed by Bush I, he was Jimmy Carter's Solicitor General.
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