Posted on 08/03/2006 12:07:15 PM PDT by anymouse
A federal appeals court on Thursday refused to let Texas Republicans replace Tom DeLay's name on the November congressional ballot.
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a ruling by U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks, who said in July that DeLay's name had to stay on the ballot even though he quit Congress and moved to Virginia.
DeLay won a March primary before resigning from Congress on June 9. He is awaiting trial in Texas state court on money laundering and conspiracy charges alleging that illegal corporate cash helped pay for legislative campaigns in 2002.
Hammer ping.
Can he legally run now that he has moved?
He moves back, kicks ass and takes back his leadership seat! Be careful what you wish for DUmmies!
That is what the law says and, unlike NJ democrats, republicans don't have a bought and paid for judiciary here.
Of course. He just has to reverse everything that he did that he said made him a resident of Virginia. Which isn't much.
So only Democrats can remove names from the ballot like they did in NJ?
If he's gotta be on the ballot, he may as well run.
When he wins, then he can resign if that's what he wishes.
Why is this not an issue for a Texas judge? Why are the feds making these decisions?
Congressman Delay had no comment when media contacted him at his home in Virginia.
Delay's arguments were based on the US Constitution, that Delay wasn't going to be a resident of Texas.
It's semantics. He has a home in the district. He has a home in Virginia. He can run still.
Boy, I cannot wait to see Lampson's face when he loses on election night!
In the end, doesn't this mean a special election, one that Lampson is going to lose anyway?
It would be like a beauty pageant being held, the winner disqualified, but the runner up not being given the crown, but a friend of the organizer.
The RINO's are isolating the conservatives. The President isn't paying much attention domestic-wise to either the House or Senate, preoccupied as he is with the chaos in the ME and hot spots around the world.
Tom would be a big help to the Prez and a gift to us all. He has the energy and the know-how to LEAD.
I'll be waiting with bated breath to see if he starts campaigning right away. If and when he does, I'll open a bottle of wine and have some soft brie spread on a crispy cracker.
Leni
He was at the time of the primary.. so at the time he intended to run he was a resident. Hense the ruling.
It's got to be a state issue, unless Congressmen are treated differently from Senators. Remember that Toricelli withdrew only days before the election, and the Dems were allowed to substitute someone else.
Well, I don't believe the will of the voters is ever thwarted in a primary. It is the party that chooses to have its candidates decided by a primary. They could use straws as far as I'm concerned.
The Toricelli situation was different because that deadline was practical -- time to print ballots, etc. There's no such assertion here.
I think it's very simple. Delay should apply to get in-state tuition for a UT course from his address in Virginia. He won't get it.
Is it the law or is this guy making law?
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