On October 9, attorneys for the Washington Secretary of State submitted this brief to the Ninth Circuit, in De La Fuente v Wyman, 18-35208. The issue is the Washington law that says before an independent presidential candidate can begin to petition, he or she must run a legal notice in a newspaper, two weeks before starting. The legal notice must say where the petitioning will be carried out. The U.S. District Court had struck down the law, and the state is appealing. The plaintiff is Rocky De La Fuente, an independent presidential candidate in 2016.
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Edited By Richard Winger
Too many MORON lawyers and courts to count unable to note the *EQUAL* adjective in 14 Amdt, Sec. 1 —
NOT *severe*, *reasonable, etc.
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Where are the indictments of ALL of the HACKS via
18 USC Secs 241-242 ???
@DR, How does equal protection apply in this case?
Does the notice stuff EQUALLY apply to ALL candidates for the SAME office in the SAME election area ???
See the now many postings about the EPC in 14 Amdt, Sec. 1.
READ the 2 main speeches in 1866 about 20 times at least.
The 1866 USA Congress was dealing with —-
1. The evil rotted statist hacks in the ex-Confed regimes enacted the infamous *Black Codes* in 1865-1866
— NO or minimal *civil* and/or *political* rights for ex-slaves (before or after the 13th Amdt ratified in Dec 1865).
2. All sorts of threats to the many white Unionists who supported the Union in 1861-1865 in the ex-Confed regimes — esp. recon/spy work for the Union Army/Navy — in general ALL Elephant party folks.
SCOTUS — brain dead since first 14 Amdt case in 1873 — Slaughterhouse cases — took a mere 4 plus LONG years to get an op. after 1868 ratification.
@DR,
All minor party candidates nominate by convention(s), which must be attended by 1000 voters. Attendees sign a sheet of paper. Apparently, the practice has evolved where conventions are held on street corners or parks. In 2016, 5 minor parties complied with the statutes.
Major parties place their candidates directly on the ballot
Washington should use Top 2 for presidential elections. Elector candidates would be able to state a presidential candidate preference.