On May 19, U.S. District Court Judge Lawrence Stengel issued a five-page order, saying only the Third Circuit can decide whether to put the Constitution, Green, and Libertarian Parties on the Pennsylvania ballot. This is because the basis for any such order depends on what the Third Circuit thinks about the underlying issue in the original case. The order is dated May 18 but it wasn’t released until May 19.
On May 19, the parties filed an Emergency Motion with the Third Circuit, asking that they be put on the ballot. The case is Constitution Party of Pennsylvania v Cortes.
What does this mean, exactly?
It means the MORON courts and the MORON lawyers do NOT know what in Hell is going on in having ballot access —
1. Every election is NEW
2. Separate is NOT equal — Brown v. Bd of Ed 1954 — a mere 62 LONG years ago.
3. Thus – EQUAL ballot access tests for ALL candidates for the same office in the same area.
Way too difficult for the small armies of MORONS involved in ballot access cases since 1968-
Williams v. Rhodes.
It probably means the U.S. District Court Judge thinks there are big consequences of this decision and he would rather the Appeals Judges make that decision.
Might the Third Circuit be more sympathetic to our case? Help me out here.
from what i have heard the third circuit is more sympathetic to our case, so this could be a good thing.. we need to continue to push for equal ballot access and settle for nothing less
Demo Rep… what is with your obsession with insulting people to try to legitimize your point? You had a legitimate post until you called people morons.
Anybody that needs to insult people just comes across as simply childish, immature and irrelevant. Are you 7 years old? Can you just stop posting and let the adults have an intelligent conversation? Your posts contribute nothing.
It seems the real issue with this judge, and the third circuit judges, isn’t the signature requirement (currently 21,775 for statewide candidates), but determining who conducts and pays the costs of verifying the signatures in the event of a challenge. It will be interesting to see how this plays out because there is no way to relieve the third parties of the cost burdens involved with validating signatures.