Statutes? We Don't Need No Stinking Statutes!

Slate ^ | 2 October 2002 | Mickey Kaus

[CodeWeasel]

The Supreme Court of New Jersey has now ruled in favor of Democrats who want to substitute Lautenberg for Torricelli after the seemingly-clear 51-day statutory deadline -- Statutes? Bah!

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[ladyinred]

Statutes, laws, decency, morals, and the constitution of the US don't dare get in the way of the DNC! Disgusting beyond words.

[thucydides]

It is clear that the NJ legislature sought to prevent a last minute change in candidates appearing on the ballot. The vice here is suddenly throwing in a new candidate, when a duly qualified candidate is down in the polls, where there is no time to examine the new candidate's record, or subject him to the test of an extended campaign. And under the new campaign legislation, independent groups could not within 60 days run ads to explain their views on the stealth candidate. So in spite of all the rhetoric about doing the right thing, the NJ Supreme Court has just tossed the legislature out the window, all in order to try to preserve that precarious one seat democrat majority in the Senate.

[Verginius Rufus]

"Law? What do I care about the law? Hain't I got the power?"--Cornelius Vanderbilt (not quite from New Jersey--a native of Staten Island).

We can't let a quaint notion like the rule of law prevail when there is a higher principle at stake: the sacred right of women to kill their unborn children. The Democrats must hold on to the Senate to prevent Bush's judicial nominees from being confirmed.

[goldstategop]

Constitution? What Constitution? We have replaced A Government Of Laws With A Government Of Seven People.

[scooby321]

See Bush Vs HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY ) CANVASSING BOARD, et al

[Starboard]

Your post is a very succinct and accurate appraisal of the situation. However, this eleventh hour switch has to be put in context with other shenanigans such as the Carnahan episode, the Florida debacle, Lieberman's dual candidacy, etc. The pattern that's emerging (i.e., win at all costs) should frighten every American.

[VadeRetro]

It's ironic that the court pays such attention to finding what it thinks is the most democratic way to pick a lawmaker, even as it brushes aside the actual work-product of those democratically-elected lawmakers, namely statutes.

This is the way democracy is supposed to work, isn't it? A group of appointees-for-life ignore law and do whatever they think is cool. It's probably for the children or something.

[Neanderthal]

"The Supreme Court of New Jersey has now ruled in favor of Democrats who want to substitute Lautenberg for Torricelli after the seemingly-clear 51-day statutory deadline -- Statutes? Bah!"

I understand that at least four of these liberals were appointed by Christie Todd Whitman. RINOs are not just an annoyance. Sometimes they can cause severe damage to the nation.

[jos65]

It sure as hell frightens me.

Has anyone thought about what might come next?

This is pretty serious stuff.

I shall pray that the SCOTUS does something which is right and honorable.

[Arthur McGowan]

One thing this shows is that Torriccelli is merely the product of a party that is, overall, every bit as corrupt as he is. He got caught with his particular fingers in a particular cookie-jar. But the party overall is the party of baby-killers and election-stealers, and they work overtime to prove it.

[Intolerant in NJ]

Statutes? We Don't Need No Stinking Statutes! ...this ruling is going to make life in Jersey even more challenging and aggravating - how 'bout us drivers? - does that 55mph speed limit sign really mean 55mph, or could it be something, practically anything, different? - since I haven't had a traffic ticket in twenty years, I'm guessing it'll be okay for me to do 70, 80 whenever I feel like it - no doubt the authorities would be "liberal" in any interpretation of the law as long as I didn't have an accident - after all, the law's intent is to assure safety on the roads, not merely to secure adherence to petty details such as specific speed limits - what fools these wise judges turn out to be.......