[singsong]

My thoughts are political. If SCOTUS overturns the 9th, this will give the Dems more ammo to whine...
They'll whine one way or the other.

OTOH, if the 9th ruling stands, roughly two-thirds of voting Californians will be PO'd and feel disenfranchised
They feel that way already. No need to wait for more damage. Besides this decision is legally wrong, given prior elections. The real question is how to impeach incompetent/biased judges?

[lavrenti]

Remarkable act of chaos perpetrated today. Diminished the power of the normal political process greatly. Creates a precedent to nullify elections based on technical issues such as voting machines.

For instance, should this ruling stand, a future court may intrude upon a general election or primary based on the criteria the 9th cited in its opinion.

For a federal court to interpose in the middle of a state election that is constitutionally mandated and has passed every other legal test on such a tenuous gravamen guarantees a total breakdown of the normal political process in the future.

Not to sound dramatic, but this ruling is a divisive as Dred Scott, in terms of its chutzpah and its lack of concern of basic human rights.

[lawdog]

What do you call a lawyer with an IQ of 80 ?

" Your Honor ."

[lawdog]

What do you call a lawyer with an IQ of 80 ?

" Your Honor ."