Posted on 02/22/2010 1:15:55 PM PST by Jersey Republican Biker Chick
Conservative activists affiliated with the national Tea Party movement will get another chance to revive their bid to unseat U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez of Hoboken. Sabatino.
(Excerpt) Read more at nj.com ...
NJ PING!!
Sussex County Tea Party ping!
Dude... LET ME KNOW what you NEED!! Maybe Lautenburg will “retire” in conjunction to this!
Menendez is probably one of the WORST and CORRUPT politicians there is! Boot HIM OUT!
Interesting situation here. The state Constitution mandates that petitions be issued. The issue of whether he can actually be recalled isn’t ripe until the petitions have been signed and returned. The state has refused to issue the petitions. Most of the Tea Party argument is first amendment related.
I agree. People that are close to me know him from his Union City days. What a poor excuse for fill in the blank
You can’t recall federally elected officials. It’s unconstitutional.
I’m in. I hate that thug.
Love it! If NJ can do it - any state except say Hawaii and maybe NY can do it.
Correct, and we have a 1967 state court decision from Idaho confirming that when the citizens tried to recall Frank Church.
But this case is about gathering petitions, which is constitutional. Even the ACLU, of all people, agrees on this.
This case is about the 1st Amendment. If there are enough petitions to trigger a recall election under the New Jersey Constitution, then the constitutionality of a senatorial recall can be litigated. At that point, the recall will be ruled unconstitutional. But that's not the issue here.
My point here is that, however well regarded, this is a wasted effort for obvious reasons. If they want to truly get something accomplished, why not push for a Constitutional Amendment to do just that ?
The Idaho case might have been scheme by Church himself. A Church supporter was behind the drive and didn’t pursue the matter to a higher court after the state court decision. The important thing is to push it all the way to the supreme court.
What did he do?
(H/T to Jersey Republican Biker Chick)
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I’m from NJ - put me on your list
I was at the last meeting on Feb.13. They know that under current law you cannot recall. What they are doing will break new ground ( for better or worse )and our state would be the test. They have attorneys working on this & they seem to have their ducks in a row. For info go to nnjteaparty@gmail.com & get a good explanation of what is going on. I do know there is a hearing on the case on the 26th.
Publius,
Maybe you, or someone else can comment on a notion that
just came into my head:
Could there be any basis to request an injunction against these congress-critters? I wonder if, at this late hour some way could be found to keep them out of Washington during the health railroading.
I know it seems absurd, and it arises out of a sense desperation more than hope.
Not a prayer. They’re doing their job under the law, and the way the law works, we can rate their job performance in the next election.
so much for wishful thinking
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