[Southack]

"Under the federal Voting Rights Act, any changes in the voting process must be pre-cleared by the Justice Department..."

Either lawyers and judges have been progressively [pun intended] dumbed down over time, or else Davis' allies are sincerely desperate...because for one thing, California's recall law has been in place since BEFORE the federal Voting Rights Act (note for NY Times Reporters and others who are "slow" due to diversity of everything except ideology: that means that the recall isn't a "change" in procedures for the Justice Department to review).

And for another thing, it's a cinch for Ashcroft to review the recall anyway, as the recall is the MOST DEMOCRATIC election possible.

Bar none.

So for anyone with even a modicum of sense or an ounce of a classical education, this whole legal challenge is meaningless. Sadly, there are probably entire law schools that can't accurately comprehend what I've just written above.

Sigh...

[Dolphy]

Sounds like a reasonable interpretation to me. I'd like to think that they are shooting all of their guns now rather than come crawling out after the election to challenge the results.

[wardaddy]

Nice snag...

...well done on the Moore reply as well...

[Petronski]

You've nailed it.

Signed, a lawyer who hasn't been progressively dumbed down.

[elbucko]

So for anyone with even a modicum of sense or an ounce of a classical education,...

That's asking for quite a lot, Hack.

[Republic]

Your post is edifying. Wish there were a way to send it out to Sean Hannity and Bill O'Reilly and Rush, etc. It needs to become a talking point for those who are sick and tired of judicial activism and want sanity and the rule of law restored.

This entire debacle, an overt attempt to delay the recall, has the filthy clinton name written all over it....deeply.