[OrangeDaisy]

Ophelia Ford cried racism to a Federal judge in Memphis, and the judge bars the state Senate from voting to overturn the fraud-ridden election. Is this guy one of the Ford family's cronies?

[Armigerous]

....the 'guy'is named Bernice

[JudgemAll]

How can a judge bar a senate? Is this a dictatorship or what?

[wingman1]

Article II, Section 15 (a) says "...a successor shall be elected by the qualified voters of the district represented..."

From what I understand many of the "voters" has passed on before election day.

[fieldmarshaldj]

WTF ?!? The Frauds are using their political muscle via federal stooges-in-robes to retain an illegally-gotten Senator and INTERFERE with State Senate business. This is utterly outrageous !

[RWR8189]

Honorable Bernice B. Donald
US District Judge, United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee

The Honorable Bernice Donald was nominated to the U.S. District Court on December 7, 1995 by President William Clinton, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 22, 1995 and took the bench on December 26, 1995. 

[garbanzo]

Can anyone explain what the federal cause of action here is? What part of the federal constitution deals with the election of state senators?

[The South Texan]

Can somebody show me in the constitution where a Federal Judge has a say in this?

[SmithL]

This is who she cried to:

[untenured]

"Obviously because there is a restraining order we will not be moving forward," Senate Republican Leader Ron Ramsey said Wednesday.

That is not obvious at all. This is neither a federal nor a judicial matter. Legislators do not AFAIK need judicial permission to expel a member, which is an internal matter of theirs. I recognize that defying a judicial order is a serious matter, but a legislature interested in protecting its turf might argue that issuing such an order is a serious matter.

Disturbing on both federalism and separation-of-powers grounds.

[Drango]

The 10th amendment is deeply saddened.

[Emmett McCarthy]

Between last summer's arrest of state legislators, the mess at our highway patrol and this latest in a long series of Ford family crap, it's lookin' might embarassing for us here in Tennessee.

[angelsonmyside]

ping for more of the Memphis Mafia

[Postman]

"The Honorable Bernice Donald was nominated to the US District Court on December 7, 1995 by President William Clinton, confirmed by the United States Senate"

Looks like Ophelia Overcomes.

[MissouriConservative]

bump for later reading

[Blood of Tyrants]

Link to Tennessean article http://www.ashlandcitytimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060119/NEWS0201/601190382/1291/MTCN01 of whic no portion may be posted.