“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.
>>>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.
His opinion was not a noble way to bow out. He chose sides
and made it clear that he is a tool by suggesting that a private citizen has no standing in who is elected POTUS.
The “noble” way to bow out would have been a simple admission of the truth. This belongs in a higher court based on the lack of evidence.