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   Bill of Rights (From public domain.) The Drug Enforcement Administration revoked Novelty, Inc's, registration to distribute list I chemical products.  Novelty, Inc., v. DEA, et al., _ F.3d _ (D.C. Cir. June 22, 2009). Putting aside the questionable company name if it wants to be taken seriously by straight-faced government regulators, such a revocation clearly was devastating to Novelty, Inc. and its employees' payroll.  A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit rejected Novelty, Inc's petition for review from the DEA's revocation. Judges Tatel and Henderson voted for the denial. Judge Janice Rogers Brown -- who got 43 Senate no votes against her 1995 judicial nomination by Bush II -- fired off a blistering dissent that perhaps underlines Clint Bolick's pre-confirmation assertion in Reason (10/27/03) that "Brown is strikingly libertarian in her writings and decisions, which is one reason she has outraged both liberals and conservatives during her distinguished career...continue to full post

Full post as published by Underdog on July 09, 2009 (boomark / email).