>>>Can you imagine the type of pressure surrick must have been under on this?
The judge had every right to dismiss on the grounds of jurisdiction! After Obama failed to present his counter evidence, Surrick could have gotten out free and clean by recognizing that a finding in the plaintiff’s favor would have national repercussions. He could have further stated in his opinion that denying the defendant’s rights to be on the ballot without evidence (i.e. proof of birth in Kenya) warranted referral to a higher court.
BUT NO!!!!... he had to demean and vilify the plaintiff’s claims. He had to take a shot at the validity of Berg’s case. WHY??? That is NOT HIS JOB! And of course such a slap down occurred AFTER he (the judge) dragged out the process by stringing along those in favor of the plaintiff by making demands of the defendant which would NEVER BE ENFORCED!
AND NOW, we learn that it is possible that the judge doesn’t even render his own opinions... he allegedly signs his name to the unidentified names of others.
Its BAD enough that we have trial lawyers who use delay to kill a lawsuit with time.... Now we have Judges doing it.
Nobama's $600+ millions from all over the world talks!!!
“Its BAD enough that we have trial lawyers who use delay to kill a lawsuit with time.... Now we have Judges doing it.”
I think the failure to dismiss initially, compared with the subsequent opinion rendered, speaks volumes. THat said, there have been some criticisms of the quality of Berg’s actual complaint here on FR which may have impacted the credibility of the suit overall, viewed from outside.
What I am saying is that, when one person (presumably with family) is unexpectedly placed under the gun with a huge inverted pyramid of pressure upon them, and possible consequences which clearly could include life or death for people related to them (unless you think no one ever kills for the highest political stakes in the world), you will find that most folks don’t want to be martyrs, and particularly don’t want their families to live under collateral involuntary martyrization threat.
Also, in the time since the original suit, the election situation has changed dramatically with the financial crisis (ongoing). The judge, like many, may consider obama’s election much more likely now and may have simply looked for the noble way to bow out.