WNBC-TV: Republicans to appeal Torricelli issue to the US Supreme Court

[Liz]

No word on NJSC decision - expected - later - but Pubbbies are going to the USSC.

[muawiyah]

The question was "What federal issue is involved?"

To start with it's a US Senate election. Secondly Motor Voter and other federal voting rights laws govern this and all other similar elections, and most importantly protect minorities against conspiracies by a state to deny them the vote. Here we have New Jersey's Governor conspiring with the New Jersey Supreme Court to deny certain procedural rights related to voting to a discernible minority, to wit, absentee voters.

Everything seems to be in order.

[KsSunflower]

What you are seeing my friends, is a Dem meltdown. How bad must the other "close" races look for them to try to pull this pathetic stunt??

I am not all together sure if they get the vote from the NJSC, we should just let Lautenberg be on the ballot. This has got to have stirred up a lot of bad feeling in moderate voters in NJ. We could just ride that instead of them making us look like the bad guys by goin to the SCOTUS.

The only thing that gets me is the prededent this would set in future elections!

[SternTrek]

FREEP THE WNBC POLL

Who would you vote for, Forrester (59%), Lautneberg (38%).

http://www.wnbc.com/

[rwfromkansas]

How is this NOT a federal issue?

[LonePalm]

I don't care if monkey fly out of my butt, we have to keep the Torch on the ballot.

NJ, it's time to put out the Torch!

Gee, I guess he put himself out.

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

[CyberCowboy777]

What Federal issue is inloved?

The US Constitution.

[Fred Mertz]

Thanks for the inside poop.

[Alberta's Child]

My source is very reliable. The problem is that he/she is getting this information from someone else whose reliability I can't vouch for.

Because my source works in the legal profession, there is apparently a whirlwind of activity going on in which all of these possibilities are being discussed.

[Drango]

Good Catch! If it was Freudian, it's all from UPI
http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20021002-021742-3729r

[Liz]

The Senate seat is a federal office.....ergo there are constitutional issues involved in excess of state election law issues.

[Howlin]

And if your scenario plays out, what do they say to Forrester? So sorry, run again sometime?

[pbear8]

Torricelli is going to resign

I thought he would loose a lot of money if he resigned, like not collect his pension until 65. If he serves out he gets his pension right away.

If that is so, he's too greedy to do anything else.

[BikerNYC]

It's a state figuring out under its own rules who should be on its ballot. States should have the final say on this issue.

[TheBigB]

Poll FReeped. 61% good guys. Mebbe if we can get if up over 70%, we could get the NJ Dems to say, "Uhhh..wait, can we pick someone else?"

[Alberta's Child]

Also . . .

The most important thing I got from my conversation is that the Democratic Party is not so sure that the NJ Supreme Court will decide in their favor.

[js1138]

a whirlwind of activity going on in which all of these possibilities are being discussed.

That I can believe.

[sport]

That would be a miracle.

If the law was applied, they will win, hands down.

But they are going gainst a kangeroo court of democrat judges who care nothing about the law. Their only concern is keeping democrats in power, by hook or crook.

[TheBigB]

I don't imbibe, but if we win this one, the drinks is on me. :)

[mwl1]

If the NJSC corrupts this law and process as I believe it will, it is creating an extremely dangerous precedent.

[BikerNYC]

What are the constitutional issues involved? This concerns whether a name can be substituted under the ballot rules of a state.