Posted on 12/29/2011 11:59:17 AM PST by smoothsailing
December 29th, 2011
U.S. District Court Judge John A. Gibney of Virginia has set a hearing in Rick Perry’s presidential primary ballot access lawsuit. He will consider Perry’s request for injunctive relief on January 13. In the meantime, he has established a briefing schedule, and also has instructed attorneys for Perry to communicate with all other Republican presidential primary candidates who had filed a declaration of candidacy, to explain to them how they may intervene in the lawsuit. This shows foresight and thoughtfulness on the part of the judge. The case is Perry v Judd, 3:11-cv-856. Judge Gibney is an Obama appointee. The issue is the state’s ban on out-of-state circulators.
Good. I hope the rule changes. Romney and Paul shouldn’t have a lock on the ballot there.
They’ll all end up on the ballot.
Wow!
Hey gotta give kudos to Perry on this one.
ping
He played a good hand.
Gee, wouldn't that be nice! I'll actually be able to make a choice on my own, rather than have the Politburo (aka VA GOP) choose my candidates for me. >:-0
I like a fighter, and applaud Perry for having some gonads om this. Whether he wins or not is another story, but at least he stepped up to the plate.
“...all other Republican presidential primary candidates who had filed a declaration of candidacy”
Yeah, if the requirement that petition-gatherers be elgible state voters is what gets thrown out, and the SC has ruled that way before, then ‘any one who filed’ is the logical outcome.
I thought that Rick Perry was OPPOSED to the federal courts interfering in a state’s elections process.
Even though Perry forcing VA to put him and Newt back on the ballot will probably be pulled from breaking since it’s Perry doing it.
Can anyone here find where one of these lawsuits amounted to anything? I looked around and it appears as though fighting a state party on rules of eligibility is almost impossible. If the toads in the VA GOP apparatus want to play games and they are using established rules already set in place, Perry won’t have any standing. Is there something I am missing here with Perry’s lawsuit?
Good news so far.
He’s challenging the State Law.
The law the Va GOP followed.
There’s been a lot of guesswork and misinformation about.
Isn’t Bob McDonald the Gov there, a staunch conservative repub? How would it be for him if he allowed this to stand in his state... it would reflect very poorly on the State itself, the state GOP, and especially the Gov... ya gotta be kidding me, the only state in the union disallowing Repub candidates for POTUS... if ya ask me, I’d say that’d be the dumbest thing that could happen, made-to-order ridicule for the Demo machine... C-mon Va, get your shit together.
What can he do?
The law has to be followed until it’s changed or overturned.
I was reading the GOP here in VA also wants to have voters sign a Loyalty Oath in order to vote in the primary. The establishment is getting foolish.
I hope that Newt is piggybacking on Perry’s action in some form or another, to have a similar positive result if it should be the outcome. You know, piggybacking, as in NOT how Christie was piggybacking the 26-state VA-based health care lawsuit.
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