The Saginaw News of April 8 has this editorial, praising the U.S. District Court decision last month that struck down a law that discriminates against minor parties, on the question of which parties can get a list of presidential primary voters. The editorial also criticizes, by name, the 4 Michigan Supreme Court Justices who had earlier ruled that the law is constitutional. And the editorial praises the American Civil Liberties Union for bringing the case on behalf of the Michigan Green, Libertarian and Reform Parties.
The ACLU has become the foremost defender of minor parties in court. In the last four years it has filed lawsuits on behalf of minor parties in Arkansas, Connecticut, Iowa, Michigan, Montana, New Hampshire, and New Mexico. Also it intervened helpfully in the pending North Carolina ballot access lawsuit.
The genius-MORON lawyers on all sides in the case did NOT bring up the *secrecy of the ballot* language in Mich Const Art. II, Sec. 4 in a STATE court.
I.E. for such MORONS — the ENTIRE Mich Prez primary law was and is blatantly unconstitutional because it required the voters to indicate their party hack preference in the Mich 15 Jan 2008 Prez primary.
Is this a new legal Stone Age or what ?
The Michigan Supreme Court ruled on the basis of the Michigan Constitution, as to whether the lists were appropriating a public asset to a private purpose without a 2/3 vote of the legislature.
The Michigan Supreme Court did NOT rule regarding secrecy of the ballot — since the MORON lawyers on ALL sides did NOT bring up the point — especially the govt lawyers who took an oath to uphold the Mich Constitution.
Isn’t this MORON business getting a little old?
Always new MORON stuff going on and on — due to lots and lots of New Age MORON lawyers in legislative bodies and in the courts.
Is it my understanding that the court ruled that the parties listed as “owners” of those particular votes were not given exclusive right to said votes/voters in the recognition that people can and do change their allegiances and hence their info is not proprietary?