Court Trashes Right to Vote ( 9th Circus...again and homosexual marriages )

worldnetdaily.com ^ | August 16, 2008 | staff

[kellynla]

An appeals court ruling has trashed the right of Oregon residents to vote on issues in their state by affirming the state's refusal to count referendum signatures even when they were verified in person by the voter.

"In America, every citizen's vote should count. The court has tossed aside one of the most important rights we have as Americans," Austin R. Nimocks, a senior legal counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund, said.

"Oregon voters deserve to be heard on this referendum. More than enough Oregonians signed the petitions for it. The people didn't thwart this effort; government bureaucracy did. That is a dangerous precedent for the future of the democratic process in America," he said.

The ruling from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed an Oregon judge's decision denying state citizens the right to vote on a referendum on a new state law critics contend violates the state's voter-approved definition limiting marriage to one man and one woman.

The appeals court cited the opinion of a handwriting analyst instead of the voters who signed the petition and called the state's "interests" more important than voters' rights.

[kellynla]

"The ruling from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed an Oregon judge's decision denying state citizens the right to vote on a referendum on a new state law critics contend violates the state's voter-approved definition limiting marriage to one man and one woman."

[kellynla]

ping

[Old Retired Army Guy]

Let’s remember, this is the 9th Circuit which has a great track record of being overturned by the Supreme Court.

[razorback-bert]

the state's "interests" more important than voters' rights.

I am reading it and still don't believe it.

[YOUGOTIT]

As I have stated many times before the blacked robed dictators have tossed the Constitution in the recycle bin and have assumed command.

[LimaLimaMikeFoxtrot]

the state's "interests" more important than voters' rights.

I am reading it and still don't believe it.

Exactly. I sat and blinked and rubbed my eyes reading that.

[SandRat]

Court Trashes Right to Vote ( 9th Circus...again ..)

Still waiting to for the 9th Circus to be formally Trashed and Tossed in the Dustbin.

[pabianice]

If you like the 9th Circus you’ll LOVE Obama’s judicial picks.

[bannie]

When a government disregards the will of the people, it’s time for that government to be overthrown.

[Oldpuppymax]

Now we know why the founders gereatest concern was the role which could be played by criminal judges.

[Petrosius]

You vill behave as ve tell you!

—by Order of the Court

[goldstategop]

The 9th Circus has told Oregonians to "Up Yours!" Apparently, voter rights can be annulled when it doesn't meet the elite's agenda. I'd say it time for a new revolution in this country!

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[supercat]

The appeals court cited the opinion of a handwriting analyst instead of the voters who signed the petition

In other words, if I sign a petition and the state hires someone to claim it's not my signature, the state can regard my signature as invalid even if I go to court and state that it was, indeed, my signature? By those standards, how can any petition succeed if the government doesn't want it?