NJ Supreme Court Hearing Live Thread

New Jersey Public TV ^ | 10/02/02 | TonyInOhio

[TonyInOhio]

New Jersey Public TV is carrying this hearing live. Click on Watch Live Online, and post what you hear, here.

Tony

[LisaFab]

Barone just said they have SIX choices! Justice: "...so you want your candidate to face an empty chair."

Barone: "..the only voters who will be disenfranchised are the military absentee voters."

They might get away with this, but Barone is getting their corruption and stupidity on the record.

[GnL]

Current Pubbie lawyer doing a pretty good job of pounding home the disenfranchisement of overseas military personnel. It won't matter, because the justices have already made up their minds, but he is giving it a pretty good shot.

[rockinonritalin]

What is it with this concern that the voters don't have a choice? NJ voters have a Democrat choice: the Torch. He just happens to be a bad choice. The court is providing a remedy in order to favor one particular political party.

[Alberta's Child]

It's good to hear these justices making the point that "giving voters a choice" is paramount in this case.

See Post #303 on this thread. If Lautenberg is permitted on the ballot, then the court's decision in this case will serve as the precedent for my legal challenge.

You see, I'm about to register as a Democrat tomorrow . . .

[MEGoody]

Very true - they may be sorry if they set this precedent.

[NeoCaveman]

Do not keep suggesting drinks. I told you airplane glue was beginning to sound good!!

[McGruff]

Rush just said Lousyberg is the last choice the RATs wanted. Interesting.

[Eva]

This is a thread about the NJ supreme court, why are you talking about McDermott? I am confused. Anyway, McDermott represents the Seattle area, which has the third largest gay population in the country.

[RAT Patrol]

The opinion will be that the state constitution trumps the law, and then they'll give a really broad and loose reason why the constitution demands a name switch. (see SCOFL tactics)

[twigs]

Did Torricelli formally quit the race?

An interesting question. He said that he asked that his name be removed from the ballet. Now that the party has done the one thing he asked them not to do--replace him with Lautenberg--he might do anything. One hopes.

[stand watie]

also well said!

free dixie,sw

[Molly Pitcher]

On the AWTR I provided a commentary....do you get C-SPAN III?

[Fred Mertz]

Barone: Torricelli has filed a document to withdraw. Barone now arguing that that withdrawal is ineffective under NJ statute.

Totally agree. I just stopped listening as my blood pressure was rising.

This is such a black and white issue to me, that I think it's ludicrous that the NJSC is hearing this at all.

[mystery-ak]

LOL...S%S is no longer there....we have TWO now in different locations.....Im getting airplane glue this afternoon, in the meantime Im putting my head in a paint can!

[laconic]

My prediction is 6-1 in favoring of ignoring the law and achieving the desired result (election of Lautenburg); the one dissenter will be Verneiro.

[mwl1]

This guy is hammering at the federal rules, absentee MILITARY ballots which cannot be mailed/returned in time, 6 choices on the ballots, one of the candidate has ATTEMPTED to withdraw .

GOOD.

[Wphile]

Justice now saying that not allowing a substitution would deny NJ voters a "fair choice." Why? Don't they have a choice, with the other candidates?

Why don't they have a fair choice? Because Torricelli withdrew. If they had any brains at all, they would just say, Torricelli stays on the ballot and that's the choice. Period. Won't happen but it should.

I cannot believe the outright corruption we are watching on TV!!

[agrace]

Barone's good.

I wish someone would make the point that there is no choice for the dems even if a new candidate is named - for example, Lautenberg - no one voted for him to be on the ballot, what kind of choice is that, and no one had a choice when Torricelli ran unopposed in the primary.

[Catspaw]

Ya know, on days like this, I really should just close the office and stay home. The person I was talking to on the phone must've thought I was rather curt with them because I wanted to get back to listening to the arguments.

[concerned about politics]

How bad is it??

Rush said NJ court is a hack, and will side w Dems.