Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Judge denies lawsuit, Rick Perry, others remain off Virginia Republican primary ballot
WTVR Richmond ^ | 3:55 p.m. EST, January 13, 2012 | WTVR.com Staff

Posted on 01/13/2012 1:19:30 PM PST by Hunton Peck

RICHMOND, Va. (WTVR) - Federal District Court Judge John Gibney ruled against Texas Governor Rick Perry and other Republican presidential candidates who sued in an effort to appear on the ballot for the Virginia Republican primary in March.

Judge Gibney announced the ruling Friday afternoon in Richmond, Virginia.[CLICK HERE: Read the judge's order] The suit was originally filed by Texas Governor Rick Perry.

Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum, and Jon Hunstman later joined the challenge.

According to court documents, the Republican candidates failed to meet the 10,000 signature petition requirements to get on the ballot.

Mitt Romney and Ron Paul met the requirements.

Monday, Judge Gibney ordered the distribution of absentee ballots for Virginia's Republican primary to be halted until the legal challenge could be settled.


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: paulwaived; rnmedirtytrick; romneydirtytrick; romneywaived; statesrights
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-77 next last
To: trumandogz

The ruling isn’t based on States’ Rights, but on the equitable doctrine of laches — essentially, that the plaintiffs should have filed suit as soon as they entered the race last summer.

He specifically says that they would have been entitled to the relief sought had they filed sooner.


41 posted on 01/13/2012 1:45:08 PM PST by Hunton Peck (See my FR homepage for a list of businesses that support WI Gov. Scott Walker)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: JNRoberts
But he’s grown on me, he’s unflappable (except when the unscripted happens), he’s Presidential (given the current POTUS, not much of a stretch), he’s not perfect (I agree), but he seems (!) to have become more conservative (he could hardly be expected to be less conservative) in the last few weeks (his epiphanies do appear to be miraculously rapid), his (carefully prepared) speeches are great.

"Come on. Big village. Be quick. Bring PACs.
(signed) Mitt Romney"

Mr. niteowl77

42 posted on 01/13/2012 1:45:31 PM PST by niteowl77 (Mitt Romney: the horse the GOP elite intends to ride into the abyss. Or is it the other way around?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: JNRoberts
But he’s grown on me, he’s unflappable, he’s Presidential, he’s not perfect, but he seems to have become more conservative in the last few weeks, his speeches are great.

Bullshit.

He's a slick, double-talking, backstabbing socialist.

A pox on him.

43 posted on 01/13/2012 1:46:21 PM PST by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: JNRoberts

“But have you listened to Romney’s words lately? I was no fan of his but he has shown me something of late.”

LOL, are you serious? Romney’s words mean nothing—he has been on both sides of every issue. Who in the world could believe anything he says?

IB4TZ


44 posted on 01/13/2012 1:46:49 PM PST by CatherineofAragon
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 29 | View Replies]

To: JNRoberts

C’mon. He’s the father of RomneyCare and grandfather of ObamaCare! And he still brags about it as a “free-market” solution today!

Give me a fricken break already.


45 posted on 01/13/2012 1:46:49 PM PST by Jim Robinson (Rebellion is brewing!! Impeach the corrupt Marxist bastard!!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 29 | View Replies]

To: Diogenesis

Any Presidential Candidate who was not smart enough to have their Staff do a “Google” search to figure out what they needed to do is not a Candidate I want in the running for President of The United States.

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=requirements%20to%20be%20on%20the%20virgina%20presidential%20ballot&source=web&cd=4&ved=0CEkQFjAD&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sbe.virginia.gov%2Fcms%2Fdocuments%2FCidates%2FBulletins%2F20120306PrimaryBulletin.pdf&ei=TqMQT5GZB42msQLosaDpAw&usg=AFQjCNGa4yEtHpPmV-liboPyRN91Gvu-Sg&cad=rja

“In his opinion, Judge Gibney wrote, “They [the candidates hoping to appear on the ballot] knew the rules in Virginia many months ago; the limitations on circulators affected them as soon as they began to circulate petitions. The plaintiffs could have challenged the Virginia law at that time. Instead, they waited until after the time to gather petitions had ended and they had lost the political battle to be on the ballot; then on the eve of the printing of absentee ballots, they decided to challenge Virginia’s laws.”

Too Bad. So Sad. That is Personal Responsibility which comes with Freedom.


46 posted on 01/13/2012 1:48:17 PM PST by NoNAIS (Yet another Government program not needed.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 14 | View Replies]

To: JNRoberts
Your diatribe is summed up by a past phrase of capitulation... "Better Red than Dead"
47 posted on 01/13/2012 1:48:55 PM PST by Kaosinla (The More the Plans Fail. The More the Planners Plan.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 29 | View Replies]

To: longtermmemmory

RPV rules say NO WRITE-INs will be counted.


48 posted on 01/13/2012 1:49:07 PM PST by X-spurt
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 15 | View Replies]

To: JNRoberts
It’s time we all rally around him. It’s time.

No thanks.

49 posted on 01/13/2012 1:58:27 PM PST by Shelayne
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: JNRoberts
"

But he’s grown on me, he’s unflappable, he’s Presidential. ..his speeches are great.

It’s time we all rally around him. It’s time.

 
photo

50 posted on 01/13/2012 1:59:21 PM PST by wolficatZ (:"TV is king, you're my everything..")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: trumandogz

equal protection is the feds butting in.

prohibiting a poll tax is the feds butting in.

prohibiting literacy tests for voting is the feds butting in.

18 years old voting age is the feds butting in.

Why not just impliment card check style primary voting then?


51 posted on 01/13/2012 2:01:39 PM PST by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 22 | View Replies]

To: NoNAIS
“In his opinion, Judge Gibney wrote, “They [the candidates hoping to appear on the ballot] knew the rules in Virginia many months ago; the limitations on circulators affected them as soon as they began to circulate petitions. The plaintiffs could have challenged the Virginia law at that time. Instead, they waited until after the time to gather petitions had ended and they had lost the political battle to be on the ballot; then on the eve of the printing of absentee ballots, they decided to challenge Virginia’s laws.”

That reasoning will likely hold up on appeal.

52 posted on 01/13/2012 2:02:38 PM PST by Lurking Libertarian (Non sub homine, sed sub Deo et lege)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 46 | View Replies]

To: Jim Robinson
>>He didn’t attack free-market capitalism, he attacked Mitt Romney. Romney is a big government statist CRONY capitalist. Capitalize the profits, socialize the losses.<<

Thank you. That can’t be stated often enough. It’s disheartening that more on this site don’t see it that way.

53 posted on 01/13/2012 2:04:28 PM PST by CynicalBear
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 20 | View Replies]

To: JNRoberts

IBTZ


54 posted on 01/13/2012 2:08:06 PM PST by CynicalBear
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 29 | View Replies]

To: Hunton Peck

I thought the key would be that the judge couldn’t sever the petition number requirement from the petition-gatherer restrictions.

But, ta-da!, ‘Laches’: the judge could have if Perry had filed when he started getting petition-gatherers.

Following politics is an education in law LOL!


55 posted on 01/13/2012 2:13:10 PM PST by mrsmith (It's 2012 now. Have you found a Tea Party nominee for your House seat yet?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: JNRoberts
he’s not perfect, but he seems to have become more conservative in the last few weeks,

Well, you just let this entire forum know exactly how gullible you are. Unreal!

56 posted on 01/13/2012 2:14:09 PM PST by houeto ("Click Free or Die!" -Travis McGee)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: JNRoberts

Oh, now I understand. You’re one of those guys who claims it’s not that socialism doesn’t work, it’s just that our efficient managerial types (like statist Romney, for instance) hasn’t been in charge:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2820455/posts

well, bye.


57 posted on 01/13/2012 2:14:49 PM PST by Jim Robinson (Rebellion is brewing!! Impeach the corrupt Marxist bastard!!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 29 | View Replies]

To: JNRoberts

ROMNEY???????? What are you, 19 years old? What in God’s name is wrong with you? Does your hearing not work to well? Reading problems? His record is a horror show! If selected, Romney will be by far the worst candidate conservatives have ever put up. Then again, maybe you are just kidding with your post....because no FReeper is as brain dead stupid enough to support willard.


58 posted on 01/13/2012 2:21:47 PM PST by bobby.223
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: Hunton Peck

I’m sure there will be wailing and moaning similar to the announcement that neither Perry nor Gingrich made the ballot, accusations of bias/prejudice, etc. but this is the right decision (albeit not what I expected).

They KNEW, their campaigns knew, and the didn’t get the job done. Had they spent the resources on the petition signature drive that they did on the lawsuit, we wouldn’t be discussing this today, as we haven’t discussed it in the past many election cycles.


59 posted on 01/13/2012 2:22:39 PM PST by EDINVA
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Jim Robinson

Good Riddance!


60 posted on 01/13/2012 2:23:48 PM PST by Kaosinla (The More the Plans Fail. The More the Planners Plan.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 57 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-77 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson