Judges Rule Oct. 7 Recall Unfair

RedImperator · Post by **RedImperator** » 2003-09-16 02:23am

Sea Skimmer wrote:
RedImperator wrote:
The Feds do have jurisdiction if it's a civil rights matter. Thank the peckerwoods who couldn't accept that slavery was over for that. I thoroughly disagree that this is indeed one, but that's the justification they used.
Except there hearing this case based on a law which requires Federal approval for any changes in voting procedures. However the recall law is over a century old, there has been no change.

I read the court's ruling. The plaintiffs brought their case on 14th Amendment equal protection grounds and the Voting Rights Act, and the 9th based its ruling on Bush v Gore, of all cases, where SCOTUS ordered the recall halted because it was unconstitutional to count some votes differently than others.

Worlds Spanner · Post by **Worlds Spanner** » 2003-09-16 05:37pm

I'm really loving all of this.

No voting or management problems in Pennsylvania

Although the budget is a little worrisome...

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2003-09-16 05:49pm

RedImperator wrote:I read the court's ruling. The plaintiffs brought their case on 14th Amendment equal protection grounds and the Voting Rights Act, and the 9th based its ruling on Bush v Gore, of all cases, where SCOTUS ordered the recall halted because it was unconstitutional to count some votes differently than others.

It doesn't matter the ruling, the precedent established that the courts could intervene in elections.