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Federal lawsuit seeks to stop or dramatically alter Gavin Newsom recall election
SF Gate ^ | 08/17/2021 | Eric Ting

Posted on 08/17/2021 9:31:19 AM PDT by SES1066

A federal lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California seeks to stop the Gavin Newsom recall election from happening as scheduled on Sept. 14. The suit, filed by voters R.J. Beaber and A.W. Clark, alleges that the recall election is unconstitutional because it denies pro-Newsom voters equal protection of the law guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment. This argument was made by Berkeley Law School Dean Erwin Chemerinsky, who wrote a New York Times op-ed last week arguing that because Newsom "can receive far more votes than any other candidate but still be removed from office," it violates a "core constitutional principle that has been followed for over 60 years: Every voter should have an equal ability to influence the outcome of the election."

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TOPICS: Government; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: california; cdcalifornia; democratparty
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To: SES1066
"This argument was made by Berkeley Law School Dean Erwin Chemerinsky, who wrote a New York Times op-ed last week arguing that because Newsom "can receive far more votes than any other candidate but still be removed from office," it violates a "core constitutional principle that has been followed for over 60 years: Every voter should have an equal ability to influence the outcome of the election."

Hope SCOTUS takes cert and does one of two things:

As it is, I hope either Alito or Thomas is positioned to write the smackdown.

21 posted on 08/17/2021 11:37:01 AM PDT by StAnDeliver (Each of you have at least ONE of these in your 401k: Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
"If this suit prevails, rank choice voting is dead."

SHAZAM. I mean it's as hard to believe Cher is willing to argumentum even the mere thought -- knowing as you and I know ranked and jungle are dead if he somehow miraculously gets his way -- but then the same thing never stopped Ruth Buzzi Ginsblerg from quixotically recognizing 10A state's rights one. single. time. in Bush v Gore.

22 posted on 08/17/2021 11:40:37 AM PDT by StAnDeliver (Each of you have at least ONE of these in your 401k: Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson)
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To: kiryandil

Dude, is that from an available CSV? or home-brew?


23 posted on 08/17/2021 11:41:55 AM PDT by StAnDeliver (Each of you have at least ONE of these in your 401k: Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson)
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To: StAnDeliver
Easy-peasey.

Go to the Wikipedia web page, copy the table, paste it in between <pre> and </pre>, put your post in Word Wrap: OFF, and adjust the data & heading a wee bit if necessary. Takes all of 2-5 minutes.

24 posted on 08/17/2021 1:12:28 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: StAnDeliver

Oh, I also whacked the non-Central District judges out of the table.


25 posted on 08/17/2021 1:15:03 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: StAnDeliver
Oops.

Oh, I also whacked the non-Western Division Central District judges out of the table.

26 posted on 08/17/2021 1:16:14 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: SES1066

That argument is clownery.


27 posted on 08/17/2021 5:03:49 PM PDT by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: Revel

Anyone who votes not recall him is voting for him automatically.


Whether they mean to or not.


28 posted on 08/17/2021 5:05:17 PM PDT by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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