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To: CFW

Neither side brought up the 1968 Eldridge Cleaver case. The Peace and Freedom Party nominated Cleaver for president, even though he was only 31 & therefore ineligible. The courts ruled that he could not be barred from the ballot.


2 posted on 02/08/2024 11:10:21 AM PST by TBP (Decent people cannot fathom the amoral cruelty of the Biden regime.)
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To: TBP

Probably because it had no bearing on this case.


35 posted on 02/08/2024 11:47:54 AM PST by Blood of Tyrants ( "It is easier to fool people than to convince them they have been fooled."- Mark Twain)
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To: TBP
The courts ruled that he could not be barred from the ballot.

Cleaver was Constitutionally ineligible to hold the office of president at age 31 but not ineligible to be on the ballot for president.

61 posted on 02/08/2024 12:44:47 PM PST by Ahithophel (Communication is an art form susceptible to sudden technical failure)
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To: TBP

Actually, my recollection was that Cleaver’s name was kept off the ballot so the P&F Party only had a VP candidate. I was living in California at the time, but was not old enough to vote.


68 posted on 02/08/2024 1:56:30 PM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: TBP

Colorado Justice Carlos Samour, Jr (D) had a clear dissent in this case


70 posted on 02/08/2024 4:30:42 PM PST by griswold3 (Truth, Beauty and Goodness. )
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