Replies to post #605267 on Fannie Mae-No Politics (FNMA)

[lumpina]

Having worked for lawyers for over 30 years I could probably tackle that one, BUT, I'll leave it to the legal experts on the board (YanksGhost?) (Obit?) to chime in with a more professional response.

[YanksGhost]

Maybe this will help. The Supreme Court is often referred to as the arbiter of final recourse. As such, in matters of extreme finality, they will issue an order which is tantamount to legislation from the bench. They really hate to so this as it harkens back to the Earl Warren days where claims of overstepping reigned rampant.

An opinion tends to be more focused on a "fix" to a constitutional dilemma that makes a recommended repair to existing legislation.

There have been entire books written on this issue, but this is the simple version and the best I can offer. I, too, would welcome input from Obi on this.

[Louie_Louie]

A judicial opinion is a form of legal opinion written by a judge or a judicial panel in the course of resolving a legal dispute, providing the decision reached to resolve the dispute, and usually indicating the facts which led to the dispute and an analysis of the law used to arrive at the decision.

A court order is an official proclamation by a judge that defines the legal relationships between the parties to a hearing, a trial, an appeal or other court proceedings. Such ruling requires or authorizes the carrying out of certain steps by one or more parties to a case.