NJ Supreme Court Hearing Live Thread

New Jersey Public TV ^ | 10/02/02 | TonyInOhio

[pepsi_junkie]

Lawyer for clerks say it isnt possible without new money, or else the clerks have to break the law by misappopriating funds and would lose their office and be convicted. The judges say "dont worry about breaking the law, can it be done?"

[Registered]

Give JW time. If they do nothing then I might move over to your "camp" ;-)

[McLynnan]

He wants the Dems to throw money in the pot to finance this.

[cicero's_son]

Howlin,

I just joined...is it really going that badly?

[TheBigB]

"...and knew how to clean up his messes more effectively."

Tell it to Monica. ;) Hee.

[agrace]

Exactly, why are they even asking if it is feasable, why aren't they simply asking if it is LEGAL????????? This is infuriating.

[tomkat]

that was worth repeating anyway ...

[1Old Pro]

ha ha HE WANTS DECISION TODAY !!! I'LL BET THEY GIVE HIM ONE.

[jackbill]

Can we all get the FAX number?

[Howlin]

Did I miss the GOP talking?

[rintense]

AHAHAHAHAHAAH! End of the day decision. Yeah right.

[Pravious]

Unfortunately, I'm not able to follow this live (well, maybe fortunately for my blood pressure, based on what I'm reading here!).

I fail to understand - beyond the RATS being completely shameless and corrupt - why this was even agreed to be heard by the court.

If we have a law that says "52 days", how can a (packed) court simply arbitrarily decide the law isn't going to be followed? Why have laws governing elections, then, if the party that stands to gain by circumventing these laws can simply use their majority in the courts to render the laws meaningless... This really seems like the same kind of crap they were pulling in Florida two years ago.

D.

[Tuscaloosa Goldfinch]

Fax number, please.

[TonyInOhio]

Must have decision by tomorrow.

[fightinJAG]

Any time a federal issue is raised, the SCOTUS can find it has jurisdiction. This is not limited to the Voting Rights Act. I think there were several laws at play (no pun intended ;-)) in Bush v. Gore. And if a federal constitutional issue can be posed, such as a violation of the Equal Protection Clause, bingo.

[rintense]

Won't happen because it will take a week for the SCOTUS to hear the case!!!!!

[goldstategop]

Our beloved Ann Coulter, who is an attorney, will have a column about all this later today or tomorrow and she's gonna slam the Rats HARD!!! As a lawyer she knows the law forwards and backwards and heaven help me, she'll state to a certainty the Rats' argument doesn't fly!

[1Old Pro]

Did I miss the GOP talking?

i'M WONDERING IF THEY EVEN GET A CHANCE. SO FAR WE'VE HAD THREE DEMS

[twyn1]

decision must be done by Tuesday at the latest for the clerks to be able to handle the reprint (along with LOTS of taxpayer money of course)

[Howlin]

About like we thought it would; the Supremes are giving the DNC all the help they can!