No new opinions from the Court for a couple of weeks now*, but that doesn't mean it's not hard at work. The Court heard four criminal law cases earlier this month (see "September Argument Preview" from 9/4), and are now on the road to Pocatello and St. Anthony to hear some civil appeals.Long ago, the Justices went on the road in a big white state van, driven by the Clerk of Court and crammed full of files. It may still be like that. But wouldn't it be great if the Court traveled together in a psychedelically painted bus, with someone like Ken Kesey (but alive) driving, dispensing justice along with songs and poems about love and freedom? You know, like the Warren Court. (They don't write opinions like those anymore.)
* There was an amended opinion issued this morning in a Medicaid reimbursement case, but the result did not change.
You know, Justice Bistline, upon leaving law school at the U of I, had his friends load up his hearst with his furniture, and he headed south, dispensing his great view of justice when he got in this direction. The Honorable J. Blaine Anderson told me that story!
ReplyDeleteOh, and the Court of Appeals used an old station wagon that the conned out of some other state agency, and Judge Burnett, Judge Walters and Judge Swanstrom used to ride the circuit in that old wagon, and as I recall, either the air conditioner or the heater did not work half the time!
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