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To: ASOC
Two United States District Courts have ruled that private citizens do not have standing to challenge the eligibility of candidates to appear on a presidential election ballot.

U.S District Court decisions don't mean squat if not upheld on appeal.

183 posted on 10/11/2008 6:50:18 PM PDT by SeaHawkFan
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To: SeaHawkFan

Too true - but to date, nobody has bothered to appeal....so here we are, law of the land and all that.


185 posted on 10/11/2008 6:52:24 PM PDT by ASOC (Have a nice day, just don't have it around me (bumper sticker))
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To: SeaHawkFan
US District Court decisions don't mean squat if not upheld on appeal.

Sometimes yes, sometimes no. The district judge has a lot of leeway in general. The general principle is that District Court decisions are less binding than Circuit court decisions, which are less binding than SCOTUS decisions. But even the SCOTUS rejects its own precedents every so often.

200 posted on 10/11/2008 7:40:09 PM PDT by justiceseeker93
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