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To: Tex-Con-Man

In November of 2008 (at the same time that Obama was elected) Fremont, Nebraska voters passed an ordinance requiring landlords to verify the legal residency status of prospective renters before renting to them.

The ACLU has filed a lawsuit asking the courts to undo that election. The court has not in any way balked at that request. A stay was issued immediately to keep that ordinance from going into effect and the parties have until this coming January to get their arguments in line.

Just like the judge in Oklahoma issued a stay until the court decides whether to overturn the voters’ will in their anti-sharia Constitutional amendment.

Just like the NE Supreme Court overturned the will of the voters on Nebraska’s Constitutional amendment disallowing the forced consolidation of schools.

Just as the courts have overturned the will of Iowa and California voters who amended their Constitutions to disallow gay marriage.

Now, were you saying something about a court not being willing to overturn the results of an election? Wherever are you getting that idea from?


15 posted on 11/29/2010 4:45:00 PM PST by butterdezillion
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To: butterdezillion
Now, were you saying something about a court not being willing to overturn the results of an election? Wherever are you getting that idea from?

Actually, what I said was, "There is no way the conservative Justices would have participated in undoing a 2 year old election."

Citing liberal judges engaged in judicial activism are perfect examples of what conservatives hate about the current state of the judiciary. Ignoring the will of the people. Are you suggesting the Supreme Court follow the example of those activist courts you cited and undo the last presidential election?

Other than you, I have asked several frequent birthers to name the Supreme Court Justices they thought might be receptive to the birther lawsuits. The answer was always the conservative members of the court. Anyone who has ever read Scalia, Thomas, Alito and Roberts understands these men are philosophically opposed to interjecting themselves into electoral politics unless they absolutely have to.

I've never understood conservatives pushing the Supreme Court to overturn an election. It would be establishing a horrible precedence...one that would likely be used by the (Democrat Party) Trial Lawyers every 2 years to rid themselves of annoying conservative office holders.

30 posted on 11/29/2010 10:47:31 PM PST by Tex-Con-Man
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