Anti Videogame Judge Seeks Re-election In Missouri

nevarre writes, "US District Judge Stephen Limbaugh (yes, he IS related to Rush) along with other local judges will be up for retention vote status this November 7th on the Missouri state ballot. You may remember him from his ruling in 2002 that videogames are not a conveyance for ideas and are therefore not protected as 'free speech' even though he felt that stopping fax spam would violate 'commercial speech' protections under the First Amendment."

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Just tell us what to think and be done with it

[(trb001)]

US District Judge Stephen Limbaugh (yes, he IS related to Rush)

This tidbit of information serves no purpose other than to link the key person in the story to someone that the majority of the readership already despises. Just tell us what to think next time instead of using (not so) subtle hints.

--trb

Re:Just tell us what to think and be done with it

[squiggleslash]

And every time Hillary opens her big fat mouth to criticise video games, it gets reported on Slashdot too. What's your point?

Re:Just tell us what to think and be done with it

[frank_adrian314159]

As a Democrat, I just really hope that bitch doesn't get the nomination in 2008.

I also hope that she doesn't get the nod - she has enough negative baggage with so many people that we would probably lose in 2008. Plus there's still that whole "Are the American people ready to accept a female president?" thing. But she's raised so much money it's likely that she'll be able to get the nomination. Even if we don't get her specifically, because the main reins of the party's power are held in the hands of the DLC, we're likely to get another DINO candidate as a replacement.

And it's not just video games - it's the war, it's the sucking up to big business, it's the free trade uber alles viewpoint. All of these things make most of the "mainstream" Democratic candidates fairly uninteresting to me. Yes, I'll vote for them because the alternative is awful, but I already vote for Greens in "sure thing" elections and send money to actual progressive candidates. And, BTW, the latter is really needed, as the DLC is holding onto power by preferably funding their candidates - the head of the DLC has stated that he'd be happy with a one seat majority as long as the DLC is able to keep control of the party.

Re:Just tell us what to think and be done with it

[Alsee]

DLC

I wasn't particularly familiar with the DLC, so I went and read the Wikipadia on Wikipadia on DLC and found it puzzling and somewhat discomforting, especially in the wondering about the accuracy of the criticsm section. So then I went to the official website and based on a variety of areas on there the final paragraph of the Wikipedia section of criticism of the DLC appears to be dead on, that the DCL appears to be a corpratism&wight-wing attempt to infest and influence the Democratic party. And then horror of horrors, I came across the Technology & Innovation: Content/Intellectual Property page with this position paper.

Holy fucking batshit, Batman!

The DLC position paper is to:
Exempt media companies from anti-trust law.
Strip the power and control of Fair Use from the courts.
And actually goes so far as to label NORMAL computers as "piracy-enabled" and ...get this... to advocate legislatively mandated special DRM-computers upon us.

Holy fucking batshit, Batman! DL-fucking-C fucking batshit fuckwads!

The DCL should have a god-damn AA at the end. RIAA, MPAA, DLCAA, we all love the fucking-xxAA. It was bad enough when they just bought off the politicians. Now they're looking to literally run the political parties from the inside.

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Why do you elect judges in the United States?

[Hamster Lover]

I've never understood why some jurisdictions of the United States elect local judges. What are the prerequisits, such as a law degree, and what is the justification in politicising the judiciary? What are the checks and balances to a judge who simply rules cases strictly on his personal beliefs and not the law?

Anyway, I don't get it and it seems like system that is ripe for abuse.

WRONG JUDGE LIMBAUGH!!!!!

[Tsu Dho Nimh]

The Judge Limbaugh that is up for voter confirmation is NOT the same judge as the "video game" judge.

Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh JUNIOR is on the Missouri Supreme court, and is on the ballot.

Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh (senior) is the federal judge.

Federal Judge Seeking Reelection?

[Dausha]

"US District Judge Stephen Limbaugh . . . will be up for retention vote status this November 7th on the Missouri state ballot."

Um, sorry, but 1) Federal judges have life tenure and 2) if they did not have life tenure would not be on a state ballot. Obviously somebody was napping in their Government/Civics class---the poster and the editor who released onto /. Tenured judges are immune to popular opinion and are assumed to be able to make anti-majoritarian decisions like Miranda, Roe, and Fax-Spam. Conversely, elected state judges are more likely to be responsive to their constituents, which tends to be lawyers who fund their war chest.

So, the poster of this attack piece is trying to link the actions of a Federal judge to a state judge? While it appears they are related (Senior and Junior apparently being a dead give away), this is tantamount to punishing the son for the sins of the father. How about we try assessing the individual, elected, state judge for his own actions?