The trial judge dismissed Jordan v Reed with prejudice and the Washington Supreme Court upheld the state’s request for court costs. We can discuss the points of law ad nauseum but this ballot challenge is over.
Ms. Jordan has established a “defense fund” to assist her in raising the money she needs to pay her sanction.
In the 2012 general election cycle there were fifty ballot challenges to Obama in 22 states; all failed.
I was unaware of the CRS Report being referenced at all or introduced as evidence in Jordan v Reed.
In his dismissal order the trial court judge in Jordan v Reed cited the California Court of Appeals ruling in Keyes v Bowen which was a nearly identical challenge from 2008 against California Secretary of State Debra Bowen. Keyes v Bowen went to the California Court of Appeals, the California Supreme Court, the US Circuit Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court of the United States. The original jurisdiction ruling still stands.
The California Appeals Court said: “In any event, the truly absurd result would be to require each state’s election official to investigate and determine whether the proffered candidate met eligibility criteria of the United States Constitution, giving each the power to override a party’s selection of a presidential candidate. The presidential nominating process is not subject to each of the 50 states’ election officials independently deciding whether a presidential nominee is qualified, as this could lead to chaotic results. Were the courts of 50 states at liberty to issue injunctions restricting certifications of duly-elected presidential electors, the result could be conflicting rulings and delayed transition of power in derogation of statutory and constitutional deadlines. Any investigation of eligibility is best left to each party, which presumably will conduct appropriate background check or risk that its nominee’s election will be derailed by an objection in Congress, which is authorized to entertain and resolve the validity of objections following the submission of the electoral votes.”
So, Congress is the final arbiter of Mickey’s and Osama’s eligibility and the 20th Amendment gives Congress the power to determine whether Mickey and Osama “qualify” if they made it through vetting by primary election opponents, the party nominating process, voters in the general election, the Electors, and lawsuits from losing candidates. And it only takes one Senator and one Representative to raise an objection.
IOW, if Congress is willing to let Osama Bin Laden or Mickey Mouse be President, then the rest of the country is stuck with him and nobody can do a darn thing about it.
Nice to know that’s what you think. There is nothing to hold Congress accountable to the Constitution. Our Constitution is only as secure as the Congress that has - what - 8% approval and is less appreciated than having a root canal.
And if Congress is told that the Soros communist-Islamist cabal will collapse the US economy unless the critters do as they’re told, then that’s the end for the US of A.
Wow. You know what that reminds me of? It reminds me of babies who have no object constancy. Every time Mom leaves they think that is the end of her because they don’t know she still exists even when they don’t see her. So they lose their Mom every time she passes out of their sight. They don’t expect her to come back. They believe that she can be gone just like that. What they cry for is to have their needs met, not because they expect her to still be there.
I’m grieving a country I loved. You’ve been living with the assumption that this country could be gone in a heartbeat while the whole helpless country looks on as she is slain by whatever thug threatens the DC sewer-rats. You’re quite ready to accept that this country can be killed by treasonous bastards in DC just like that. I believe the Founders were smarter than that, and that’s why they created THREE BRANCHES of government, checks and balances, and the Constitution.
It’s no wonder you don’t grieve. You’ve never even HAD the same country as I’ve had.
“Every man dies. Not every man really lives.”