Good arguments--I can only wonder why the judge who heard them and compared it to the law found differently.
Delay has been a great contributor to conservative strength at a federal level, and we owe him a lot. He's had some great victories. But his time was up and he has made his exit immeasurably worse by dithering until after the primary and trying to exploit a loophole to violate the spirit of the law. Yes, Lautenberg was worse, but they're both wrong, and that's what the judge found.
I'll "whine" as much as I like, secure in the knowledge it's not going to make an ounce of difference in the election outcome in TX-22.
Sorry dude. But you obviously are confused on the law.
*. Its not a loophole. Its the law. He is allowed to be replaced if he is no longer a resident of the state. Because federal law says he can't run that seat. AND...Federal law says the voters can't be disenfranchised.
ALSO- one of the guys that is expected to replace Delay on the ballot...was poling better than the Dem. Which is why the local Dems filed the law suit.
"But his time was up and he has made his exit immeasurably worse by dithering until after the primary and trying to exploit a loophole to violate the spirit of the law. Yes, Lautenberg was worse, but they're both wrong, and that's what the judge found."
Excuse me, but Delay requested a speedy trial for the charges against him to happen in December last year. He not only did not get the trial in December, but the court has postponed, and postponed when the trial would be, such that Delay, finally, resigned his seat. Now the same people that postponed his trial are now demanding that he run, even though, if he wins, he could not be accepted into the US House until the charges against him are taken care of.
Meanwhile he is still waiting for his speedy trail (see the 6th amendment).