He approaches statutes the same way.
Some judicial niceties are observed: there are a few legal tomes, but the magistrate says he cannot produce a copy of the statute he interprets.
Under the GBMI statute, he will remain in prison until he is 88, if he does not die before then.
While the ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, Senator Charles E. Grassley of Iowa, praised Mr. Mueller and said he was "open to the idea" of modifying the statute, he also expressed caution.
If he wins, the statute of limitations could run out while he served his second term. .
He said the statute of limitations had been reached and that he was leaving the case to the British authorities.
"He wants them to stay away from the statutes he passes, and he wants solidity on affirmative action and abortion.
He indicated that information about a judge's actual financial holdings -- the point of the statute, he noted -- would not be subject to requests for nondisclosure.
Mr. Goldstein said yesterday that he actually hoped to be convicted so that he could challenge New York's harassment statute, which he says is unconstitutionally broad.
The Alien Tort Statute, he said, allows such liability.
