And in our case, Ship Wreck
Posted on 10/25/2008 3:52:37 PM PDT by Danae
>>>Surrick essentially Punted, he knew Berg would appeal it, likely he knew it was gonna go up over his head anyway, it would have been appealed by either side. To make a decision for Surrick was literally just an opportunity to have his decision over turned, something most judges will try to avoid.
Then why didn’t Surrick just grant dismissal when it was requested by the Obama camp????
Why demand Obama present his evidence only to just turn around after 30 days and dismiss it anyway???
In essance, Obama DEFIED the demands of a court, and STILL WON! Unbelievable!
Clearly Surrick is an activist, and just bought his Marxist buddy the precious time he needed.
When the left cries foul on timing, I hope Surrick is REMEMBERED!
Hello, am I living in a twilight zone???
"injury that either has yet to happen." Horse Pockey, it ALREADY happened.!
He is on the ballot where he does NOT qualify or belong!!
It is NOT about the election, welcome to the Jura spin-zone. Please helpe me out of this horse manure in the court rooms, I am just going to throw up!!!
W T F.... Look at this: http://james4america.wordpress.com/2008/10/25/judge-surrick-received-the-decision-he-issued/
Judge surrick RECEIVED the decision he wrote??? WTH is this???
>>>It’s the House of Representatives that deals with the eligibility of a President-Elect.
That states claim it is the party that puts up a candidate. True or not, just adding my info.
Yep. Disgustingly long winded.
“Its up to that court to make those kinds of massive decisions, and it really DOES open a Pandora’s box. Mostly because it will once again free that average American to legally challenge his/her government in a court of law. Which to be honest is how it is SUPPOSED to be”
I suspect the primary political concern of the court is provoking a crisis at the 13th or 14th hour over a person either likely to win or who may have won depending on timing. Presumably the court members are connected enough to know if there is factually a citizenship issue with this guy (e.g. does a colb exist in hawaii, etc.) If they know that he is in fact questionable, then those members who would legally tend to vote to invalidate his eligibility would be having to take into consideration the more extreme possible ramifications of invalidating the winner of the election (if he loses, they are off the hook on the impact). At the same time, some members may be inclined to ignore any legal issue anyway....
It sucks.
“Then why didn’t Surrick just grant dismissal when it was requested by the Obama camp????
Why demand Obama present his evidence only to just turn around after 30 days and dismiss it anyway???”
Can you imagine the type of pressure surrick must have been under on this? Even worse since the economic crisis took off, he realizes he is ruling on the likely next president-elect.
To clarify, by pressure I don’t think in terms of name-calling and criticism in the press.
223 needs a ping
looks like you’re on the right track -
http://james4america.wordpress.com/2008/10/25/judge-surrick-received-the-decision-he-issued/
John McCain can’t?
I'm going to try to inject some sanity here, something you'll rarely hear on this board or on our bizarro world reverse "twins" on the dark side.
I don't want the Supreme Court to disqualify him because they're conservatives and he's not. If he's legally qualified, let the election proceed. If he's not, then he needs to step aside immediately.
It would be nice, in the insane world we live in, to see a question decided on the actual facts just for once, and not because of politics.
The DNC hasn't been fooled by anyone. They know who and what Obama is, and it's okay by them. The DNC is a den of Marxists as well.
>>>Can you imagine the type of pressure surrick must have been under on this?
The judge had every right to dismiss on the grounds of jurisdiction! After Obama failed to present his counter evidence, Surrick could have gotten out free and clean by recognizing that a finding in the plaintiff’s favor would have national repercussions. He could have further stated in his opinion that denying the defendant’s rights to be on the ballot without evidence (i.e. proof of birth in Kenya) warranted referral to a higher court.
BUT NO!!!!... he had to demean and vilify the plaintiff’s claims. He had to take a shot at the validity of Berg’s case. WHY??? That is NOT HIS JOB! And of course such a slap down occurred AFTER he (the judge) dragged out the process by stringing along those in favor of the plaintiff by making demands of the defendant which would NEVER BE ENFORCED!
AND NOW, we learn that it is possible that the judge doesn’t even render his own opinions... he allegedly signs his name to the unidentified names of others.
Its BAD enough that we have trial lawyers who use delay to kill a lawsuit with time.... Now we have Judges doing it.
Thank you, Calpernia.
Ping to #223.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2115274/posts?page=223#223
I have a Tiff copy, and I can clearly see the last page and what that blog is refering to, I will try to post it.
The President is the Commander in Chief. If he is ineligible, then his orders may not be legal.
Right, but that would be an after the fact kind of thing. He'd have no CoC authority until he did, by virtue of taking the oath of office.
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