U.S. Department of Interior Ordered Offline

The whole of the U.S. Department of Interior has been forced off of the internet as a result of a court case Cobell v. Babbit. This was the result of compromises with the Microsoft Windows servers. A judge decided to take the whole of the organization down. Should this judge have this much power? Info here on the indian trust web site. This includes the BLM, USGS and the Park Service. Staggering, really. CD: Hold off on the blaming of MS, it's still not clear.

Comments

Pulling a Clinton

[Dynastar454]

Wow, the judge really got pissed... but then, I guess I would too, if I had to deal with...

Fader [Govt. Lawyer] responded that he didn't know what was meant by such basic terms as "individual trust data" and "computer," to which Lamberth [judge] shot back: "I don't believe a word you're saying now." "You're just ruining your credibility talking to me that way."

Re:Should a judge

[GlassUser]

Judges do not have the luxury of ignoring the law, or just saying "oh well" when people fail to follow their lawful orders.

Bullshit. Constitutional review is a power delegated to the judicial branch. When they come across a "wrong" law (an unconstitutional law), they can declare it void. Now, I don't remember the specifics of the situation (if it was a state law, probably constitutional, or a federal law, pretty much unconsititutional), so I'm not saying anything about this case, but I have to play slashdot-whore and argue with the basis of your argument. :)

Re:No, your credibility was ruined....

[Malcontent]

Sorry you got caught in the net there penis but you have to realize that this organization has been ripping off the indian trust for a long time. Gale Norton told lies to this judge (I guess she is so used to telling lies she did not realize she was in court). She will have to stand trial for contempt of court (of course you'd never know this because the conservative media won't report it). The entire interior dept is as irresponsible and unethical as they get these days. All public lands are officially open for raping as well as the indians.

Like I said sorry you got caught in the net there but I don't blame the judge. He was lied to repeatedly and people kept disobeying his rulings. If you ask me he should have thrown the entire lot in jail.