Court challenge

[gregpet]

Anyone going to Winnipeg to sit in the court room tomorrow?

[mbratrud]

which court case is this one?

[parsley]

Am in Regina at opening of parliament. Five
people attending the receptions laughed, saying
when they watched C18 they wandered what
Parsley was saying LOL. Lots of people I know
attending. pars

[gregpet]

Friends of CWB and the CWB vs the government of Canada.

[sddickson]

Never been there , but were and what time is it ? Maybe try to get in to see it .
Whats your predication,as to the out come ?

[wd9]

If a court interprets the law and parliament makes the law, if the law changes during a court case does the court then interpret that law?

Seems he who makes the rules wins the game, but it would seem the outcome of the court case matters not, the law is changing. But maybe not. Can a court overturn a parliamentary voted in law?

What would happen? Anyone with a law degree?

[rockpile]

No law degree, but here is my interpretation. The
judge must rule on the law currently in place. The new
Bill has not yet been proclaimed so it is not yet law.
However, the judge would have discretion to look at
what is impending and could deny or suspend. So I'd
say 50/50. If the new Act is proclaimed the Feds will
have time to leave for appeal. At the end of the day,
Parliament owns the deck. It could end up in the
Supreme Court. Any other viewpoints?

[bucket]

Ritz didn't take wheat,durum or barley away from the cwb, they chose not to offer any further contracts.

The cwb has not been denied to carry on business. Only Oberg has made that choice.

Hopefully, any level headed judge would see it that way.

Ritz doesn't need to ask to change the cwb from a non-voluntary entity to a voluntary one.

Now if he was saying that the cwb could no longer deal in durum (which was never asked on the plebiscite either) that would be a different story.

[Hopperbin]

Since the judge can rule either way as he or she sees fit, protestors showing up at the court house will have a big influence on the decision.

[fjlip]

Unless the CWB is mentioned in our Constitution or Bill of Rights, we should be okay.
Judges do think they are "god" in some cases and desire to write laws for us low class citizens.

[Hopperbin]

And if the judge rules the wrong way as far as I am conserned his car should be plastered with eggs so bad that he or she needs to wipe the windows.

[sddickson]

If the judge rules the wrong way, how long could this delay our open market ?