[WOSG]

"'Judge Sidney Fitzwater in Dallas ... went on to rule that Mr. Cheney cannot be considered an inhabitant of Texas, given his "intent that Wyoming be his place of habitation." This intent was evidenced, in part, by his notification to "the United States Secret Service that his primary residence is his home in Jackson Hole, Wyoming."
This ruling was affirmed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on December 7, 2000.'"

This is one reason why I consider the Sparks ruling suspicious. Someone says they are ineligible, and has a declaration of residency to back it up, and a Judge is *forcing* that person to say they are? It makes no sense.

[RustMartialis]

"This is one reason why I consider the Sparks ruling suspicious. Someone says they are ineligible, and has a declaration of residency to back it up, and a Judge is *forcing* that person to say they are? It makes no sense."

Except of course that DeLay kept his house in Texas - his wife still lives there. Oops.

--D.

[Iwo Jima]

Get with the program. Whether someone meets the Constitutional residency (inhabitant) eligibility requirement can only be determined as of election day. Also, the determination is made based on the evidence, not the bare, unsupported assertion of a candidate.

The decision makes perfect sense. You're just being obtuse.

[mrsmith]

According to the judge Delay only gave Benkiser- the person who had authority to declare Delay inelligible- evidence that he is now an inhabitant of Virginia.
That wouldn't be sufficient, of course.

But since Delay intended to provide Benkiser evidence of his ineligiblilty on election day- and mentioned election day in his letter to Benkiser- I find that hard to believe.

The letter to Benkiser is misconstrued by the judge, though admittedly it is ambiguous.