The BFEE and Anna Nicole

So the Republican Party has no interest in "State's Rights" anymore... Do I have that right?

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/12/26/supremecourt/main1165382.shtml

"A federal bankruptcy judge sided with Smith in the fight over her late husband's estate, awarding her $474 million. That was reduced to about $89 million by a federal district judge, then thrown out altogether by a federal appeals court.

The issue before the high court is one only lawyers would love: when may federal courts hear claims that are also involved state probate proceedings. Smith lost in Texas state courts, which found that E. Pierce Marshall was the sole heir to his father's estate.

The Bush administration's filings in the case are technical. Without getting into the details of the family squabble, Solicitor General Paul Clement said that the justices should protect federal court jurisdiction in disputes."

Best to be flexible on these matters.

BZZZT! once again, the banana republicans prove themselves to not be traditional republicans at all. they're arguing for federal control of state probate law, at least in order to step in and protect the interests of the well-heeled and no doubt, republican heirs....

consolidation of power at the federal level

is why they're interested in her case in the first place. :shrug: Seems strange to me.

scAlito will be the final nail.

These people (I use that term lightly) have no principles beyond total control.

Did shrub and Marshall have problematic business dealings in the past, both from Texas oil.

I smell a rat and I have the feeling that this is some sort of vengeance on Bush's part.

It's all about that money.

Some states have banded together to challenge EPA and other Fed decisions. The Bushies want the decision making people under THEIR power.